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Keeping the News Alive from Outside Ethiopia
Ethiopian journalists face death every day. Qabaata Boru escaped and founded Kanere News, a news service based in the refugee camps.
Andrew McGregorOct 24, 2013
The Dead Are Everywhere
Ghassan Zaqtan is being recognized as one of the world’s great writers.
Oct 22, 2013
The Poetic Unconscious: An Interview With Sarah Arvio
More than writer’s block, I had life block. I was living in anguish, and I didn’t know why. I knew that I had much to express, but I didn’t know what it was.
Jenny XieOct 19, 2013
PODCAST #45: Maria Bustillos, Cord Jefferson, and Ander Monson
Colin MarshallOct 17, 2013
I Never Speak Metaphorically
Unless Questioned by the Police
Jean HarrisOct 15, 2013
The Murder behind the Myth: Jayne Anne Phillips talks to MaryAnne Kolton
Jayne Anne Phillips' new novel is based on an actual murder turned myth.
MaryAnne KoltonOct 11, 2013
PODCAST #44: Nick Antosca, "The Girlfriend Game"
Colin MarshallOct 9, 2013
PODCAST #43: Leslie Cockburn, "Baghdad Solitaire"
Colin MarshallOct 1, 2013
Three Questions for Orlando Ricardo Menes
Daniel A. OlivasSep 24, 2013
Three Questions for Alvaro Huerta
As social scientists and public intellectuals concerned with the plight of those on the bottom, Alvaro Huerta says, we need to think big and bold.
Daniel A. OlivasSep 24, 2013
PODCAST #42: Gabe Durham, "Fun Camp"
Colin MarshallSep 23, 2013
As Unclear as Life Itself: An Interview with Cristian Mungiu
Costica BradatanSep 21, 2013
The Dolorous and Beautiful World of Anthony Reynolds
Author and former "Jack" singer/songwriter Anthony Reynolds discusses the intersections between pop music and poetry.
Erik MorseSep 18, 2013
Not Suffer the Suffering Artist: Elissa Bassist Interviews Michelle Orange
When asked to create “a sort of personal crest — a motto accompanied by a representative sketch,” she drew “a gothic tableau of laid out in a coffin. eneath it inscribed the Dean mantra: Live fast, die young, have a beautiful corpse.”
Elissa BassistSep 17, 2013
Sherlockian Girl Goes Wilde: An Interview with Lyndsay Faye
Lyndsay Faye builds on her award-winning first novel with Seven for a Secret, with writing Otto Penzler and others find astonishing.
Nancie ClareSep 15, 2013
PODCAST #41: James Greenberg & James Morrison
Colin MarshallSep 15, 2013