On Translating Zahia Rahmani
When I first discovered Rahmani’s work in 2009, I was ignorant of the Harki identity—I had never even heard the term. Gripped by the author’s sense of urgency… More
On Translating Raúl Zurita
Zurita knew from firsthand experience what it was like to be imprisoned under the dictatorship. One of the poems in “The Country of Planks” is named after the… More
In My House It is Not a House: An American Poet visits PEN Haiti
PEN member Harriet Levin Millan writes about her inspiring visit to PEN Haiti's new House of Literature, where she held poetry workshops with Haitian and American youth. More
Letter from Ethiopia’s Gulag
I am jailed, with around 200 other inmates, in a wide hall that looks like a warehouse. For all of us, there are only three toilets. More
Murder is Murder
Murder is typically a desperate crime committed by desperate people who typically don’t think or care about the punishment options they might face if they are caught. More
Prison Diary
How can I communicate what it is like to get arrested when you have one four month old daughter and a second daughter on the way, and then be… More
Dispatch from Turkey: After the Age of Dystopias
The spontaneity, courage, and creativity of the Gezi Park protests, now well into their third week, have been absolutely remarkable, and will surely teach important lessons to the AKP,… More
Writing in Another Language
As unrest continues in Turkey, we revisit Elif Shafak’s thoughts on her experience of transitioning to English from her native tongue and rediscovering the richness of an extinct Turkish… More
Obama’s Surveillance State
The trauma of the wrongly accused is not the only damage wrought by massive and intrusive surveillance; these programs may also harm those who are watched accidentally and mindlessly… More
Looking for Transwonderland
Noo Saro-Wiwa on a harrowing and humorous visit to a dog show in Ibadan in her moving memoir, Looking for Transwonderland: Travels in Nigeria. More
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