PEN’s Letter to President Obama on His Second Term
On January 28, 2013, Peter Godwin, K. Anthony Appiah, Francine Prose, Ron Chernow, and Salman Rushdie sent a letter to President Barack Obama, calling on him to abide by… More
On Translating Lutz Seiler
In calling forth his landscape’s life, in full awareness of both his literary and non-literary forebears, Lutz Seiler has re-contextualized and radically personalized German Naturlyrik for the 21st century,… More
in field latin
one evening / they came the dead of my house / back from the train-station. it was december & // their next train did not leave till march More
Healing Bin Laden
Two priests stand on the platform before an altar. SHERYL and DAVID are seated on the first row of pews. FATHER CARL: If anyone desires prayer and the laying… More