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A Muslim Reports: Moustafa Bayoumi on the Presidential Debates

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By: Moustafa Bayoumi | October 19, 2016

"Still don't know why Trump says "African" *pause* "American."(Same with LGBTQ) As if he's never said those words in that order before!" More

Dispatch from the 2016 Calabash Literary Festival

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By: Nyasha Laing | August 11, 2016

Calabash makes space for heritage, including local writers and vendors. It offers pit-cooked jerk, salt fish and fried dumplings, and Rastafarian-made ital juices. At the same time, it reaches… More

September Bronx Writers Center Dispatch: Orlando Ferrand

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By: Charlie Vázquez | September 18, 2015

Writer, artist, and PEN member Orlando Ferrand reflects on his tumultuous adolescence in Cuba, where politics and sex made uneasy bedfellows. More

Dispatches from Civitella Ranieri: On the Sixth Day, the Animals. On the Eighth, Jon Kessler’s Curlz.

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By: Natalie Diaz | September 4, 2015

The third dispatch from PEN Member and poet Natalie Diaz's residency at the Civitella Ranieri castle in Italy. She shares about the animals she encountered, and pays tribute to… More

August: Bronx Writers Center Dispatch

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By: Charlie Vázquez | August 3, 2015

In his latest dispatch, Bronx Writers Center Director Charlie Vázquez shares more about the Bronx Memoir Project, as well as literary and artistic events in NYC's northernmost borough. More

Dispatches from Civitella Ranieri: A Tour of the Castle

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By: Natalie Diaz | July 17, 2015

Poet Natalie Diaz brings us on a tour of Civitella's 15th-century castle in Umbria, Italy, where she spent two months as the first PEN/Civitella Ranieri Foundation Fellow. More

Dispatches from Civitella Ranieri: On the “Musical Disaster” of Language

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By: Natalie Diaz | May 25, 2015

"One of the most wonderful experiences of being here in this castle, besides watching Lars Lauman’s cigarette smoke snake its silvery way from the tower and ramparts up among… More

March: Bronx Writers Center Dispatch

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By: Charlie Vázquez | March 20, 2015

In the first blog of a series, Bronx Writers Center Director Charlie Vázquez shares about the literary and arts events happening in his local community. More

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