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In a Break From Mystery, A Writer Turns to Africa

GOTHENBURG, Sweden--To many English speakers Henning Mankell is probably best known as the creator of Inspector Kurt Wallander, a morose, self-loathing plainclothes officer whose dark vision of himself is… More

Words Under Confinement

A panel discussion with Breyten Breytenbach, Massimo Carlotto, Kathleen Cleaver, and Susan Rosenberg (moderated by Drake Stutesman) at the event Words Under Confinement, part of the 2007 PEN World… More

On Faith & Reason

Nothing that happens in my country matters In the large scheme of things But when I am there Breathing the dusty air of the dry months A cruel April to defy Eliot I know… More

Q&A with Hanna Jansen

When I was three, we moved to where my father’s job was and where I grew up. The war had destroyed the city almost completely, and we lived on… More

On Faith & Reason

But there outside, in the glow of the sinking sun, Sister Cécile sits on the doorstep of the hut and with her smile caresses the vacant stares of the children. Her arms… More