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archiveNovember 30, 2017May 15, 2018

Against labels

I am an artist, I get to be my home, my own language, my own culture.

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archiveOctober 26, 2017May 15, 2018

Lampedusa: Gateway to Europe

We must welcome those who run away from hunger and war. Lampedusa’s people did it and sent a message to Europe. And Europe has to hear this message.

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archiveOctober 11, 2017May 15, 2018

Loosened Locks: on Mahvash Sabet

A woman walked out of Evin Prison in Tehran late one evening. Her face was pale from long confinement but her eyes shone bright.

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archiveSeptember 21, 2017May 15, 2018

Die, My Love

I lay back in the grass among fallen trees and the heat of sun on my palm felt like a knife I could use to bleed myself dry with one swift cut to the jugular.

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archiveSeptember 18, 2017May 15, 2018

The Writer’s Paradox

I am writing this in a prison cell. But I am not in prison. I am a writer.

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archiveAugust 31, 2017

Elena Varvello on the power of place

Elena Varvello explores the idea of place as a multitude of characters in her writing.

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archiveAugust 31, 2017

The power of place

This is how my imagination works, I suppose: mysteriously, the process of writing always begins with a place.

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archiveAugust 17, 2017

Instructions Within — Andrew McMillan reads Ashraf Fayadh’s poetry

Andrew McMillan reads the poetry of Ashraf Fayadh, a Palestinian-born writer and artist imprisoned in Saudi Arabia for his work.

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archiveJuly 28, 2017

Editing a book review: a dangerous act in Turkey

As Cumhuriyet journalists await their verdict in Turkey, Can Bahadır Yüce pays tribute to his imprisoned colleagues and reflects on the link between populism and anti-intellectualism.

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archiveJune 29, 2017

A conversation with Vigdis Hjorth

We have to work on two fronts. We have to do something about the structures, and we also have to help the individual.

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archiveJune 22, 2017

If This is a Lament

Exclusive preview of the title poem, ‘If this is a lament’, from a new chapbook of work by Turkish poet Bejan Matur, translated by Jen Hadfield and Canan Marasligil.

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archiveMay 11, 2017

A conversation with Dorthe Nors

You become an estranged human being, which leads to a certain kind of solitude and loneliness.

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archiveMarch 2, 2017

PEN Atlas Q&A: Mohsin Hamid

In the first in a series of author interviews about migration and otherness, we speak to novelist and writer Mohsin Hamid.

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archiveMarch 2, 2017

A conversation with Mohsin Hamid

‘Even if you’re 75 years old and haven’t left the city you’ve grown up in, you have migrated through time. To me, it feels like the theme of being human is being a migrant.’

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archiveDecember 22, 2016

Is there a crisis in storytelling?

In an era of increasing self-censorship and blurred lines between truth and fiction, the acclaimed author and translator considers the effects of a tumultuous year on literary creativity.

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archiveDecember 18, 2016

The immortal bird

To celebrate UN Arabic Language Day, poet and professor Atef Alshaer shares the history, richness and possibilities for the lingua franca of the Arabic world.

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archiveDecember 9, 2016

PEN Atlas Q&A: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

In conversation with the prolific author, playwright and academic to mark the publication of his latest memoir, Birth of a Dream Weaver.

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archiveDecember 1, 2016

The story of The Book of Dhaka

The arts editor of the Dhaka Tribune reports from the city’s thriving annual literary festival, where writers and translators came together for a special launch of the latest Comma Press ‘City in Fiction’ anthology – The Book of Dhaka.

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archiveNovember 24, 2016

On Babel, hospitalities and waves

The founder of Babel festival reflects on its genesis and investigates the role of translation and multilingualism in fostering community.

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archiveNovember 17, 2016

Fragments

The winner of the European Prize for Literature 2009 writes six new short stories for PEN Atlas to mark the publication of her newest book, Trysting.

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