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PEN World Voices: An Interview With Salman Rushdie
One hundred twenty-five writers from 45 countries have converged on New York City to launch PEN World Voices: the New York Festival of International Literature, a weeklong series of… More
A Crowd That’s Seldom at a Loss for Words
It was one of the largest international gatherings of writers in New York since the PEN international congress of 1986. All this week, some 125 writers from 43 countries… More
Deming’s defender of words
The biggest battles, the ones that Really Count, always seem to start in the smallest places. More
Still tilting at Quixote 400 years later
Since the publication of the first volume of Don Quixote in 1605, the world has been enthralled by the tale of the aging country gentleman whose love of chivalric… More
Salman Rushdie Interview
It’s ridiculous that New York doesn’t have an international literary festival. It was an obvious hole in the cultural calendar we wanted to fill. More
Ruminating on a troubled future
David Unowsky, former owner of St. Paul's Ruminator bookstore, is worried about increasing censorship of the media in the coming year. More
Firms allowed to print Cuban works
Academic publishers claimed victory on Wednesday when the U.S. government relaxed rules about printing works from Cuba and other blacklisted countries in response to a lawsuit filed in September. More
Will her voice ever be heard?
Ever wonder what happened to the State Department's chief of propaganda? The head of public diplomacy was supposed to win the hearts and minds of the Muslim street. More
Lauded Writer Given Parole
The state has granted parole to a woman who won a $25,000 writing award with the help of best-selling author Wally Lamb. More
Iran Inanity
Orwellian bureaucratic rules meant to impose sanctions on undemocratic or unfriendly regimes should not be used to silence democrats who oppose those regimes. Yet that is what the Bush… More
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