Suheir Hammad: also libya
also libyano one tells youif anyone does you do not listen anywayif you do still you do not understandno one tells you how to be freethere is fire in… More
PEN Remembers Norris Church Mailer
PEN mourns the death of Norris Church Mailer and honors her life and accomplishments. We extend to the Mailer family our deep condolences, recognizing the part they have played… More
Translation Slam: Turkish Slam
İnsan Aklının İlk İşaretleri: Burçlar, Kitabelerby Bejan MaturSurların yüzeyinde sadece harfler olsaydı eksik kalırdı.Yeryüzünün o erken konuklarının çocuksu aklını, çocuksu geometrilerdenve hayvanların, bitkilerin neşesinden kurtarmak ne mümkün.Binyıllardır şehri sarmalayan… More
Don DeLillo: Strange and Dangerous Times
DeLillo: The writer’s role is to sit in a room and write. We can leave it at that. Or we can add that writers have always felt a natural… More
Jonathan Lethem & Patti Smith
I would go to rummage sales or church bazaars and pick out books for pennies, for a quarter. I got a first edition Dickens with a green velvet cover… More
Lila Azam Zanganeh & Atiq Rahimi: Mother Tongue
LILA AZAM ZANGANEH: Atiq, you had written three novels in Persian, and then you switched from Persian to French for your most recent novel, The Patience Stone, and it… More
The Disappearing Bride and Other Stories
The streets are murky. You could have picked a different bride. Yet here we are, burdened with luggage, limping, and I am insisting that I need a notebook, a… More
PEN Remembers Lucy Kavaler
PEN American Center mourns the loss of Lucy Kavaler, one of our most active, inspiring, and beloved Freedom to Write advocates. Lucy passed away October 30, 2010 in New… More
Natalia Sannikova: Free Verses to My Son
Free Verses to My SonWhen you’ve read as many books, poems, and blogsas I’ve already read,you’ll find out just how little I get literature.For example, Blok—he wrote about Woman and… More
Black Mirrors
But when the years turn into a long train tired of its own whistles and exhausted by the stations, you try something else similar to forgetfulness. More
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