Raja Shehadeh: After “The Fact”

There were serious controversies about the project. Some thought the shameful past is better forgotten than commemorated. The “never again” contingent were into documentation and preserving the memory in… More

Poems

He opens the windows of his heart God approaches, Brushes against the eyelashes, And inside saddened eyes Lights the lantern And stays awake. More

Little Hungary

Little Jack lived in Little Hungary in a little Hungarian tenement house. Those who lived in Little Hungary were called little Hungarians even though Little Jack was actually quite… More

Le Clézio Comes to New York

The French author Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio will appear at the 92nd St Y on April 24 in his first public New York event since winning the Nobel Prize… More

Rushdie, Krugman featured at PEN festival

Salman Rushdie, Neil Gaiman and Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman will be among the authors featured at this spring's PEN World Voices Festival, the writers organization announced Wednesday. More