Provenance Notes

Memoir
By: | December 15, 2015

An excerpt from Lauret Savoy's memoir about history, race, and the American landscape, which was longlisted for the 2016 PEN Open Book Award. More

Turning Japanese

Graphic Narrative
By: | December 11, 2015

Mari-san, why didn’t your mother teach you Japanese? That’s a question I’ve been asking for a long time. More

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Saudi activist Omar Abdulaziz was one of the dissidents targeted by the two former Twitter employees charged with using Twitter to spy on behalf of Saudi Arabia. He says he “will continue to fight for free expression, at least online": https://wapo.st/2CN1Qy1 via @washingtonpost.

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There are writers, artists, and journalists who cannot be with us today because they have been unjustly imprisoned, detained or killed for their work. Thank you to all of the participants in PEN America's rally for Stanislav Aseyev. #FreeAsseyev #ImprisonedWriter

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Writer @Shteyngart read the words of Ukranian journalist & writer Stanislav Aseyev this morning as part of our rally in front of the Russian Embassy. We stand in solidarity with Aseyev and the many Ukranian political prisoners currently in Russia. #FreeAseyev #ImprisonedWriter

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