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Even though Achy Obejas’s family left Cuba when she was very young, the island nation has an enormous influence on her work.Obejas is a writer, translator…
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Adnan Mahmutovic fled the war-torn former Yugoslavia as a teenager, and settled as a refugee in Sweden. He began working as a care assistant for a man who…
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Valzhyna Mort grew up in Belarus as the Soviet Union collapsed, and she’s spent her entire career using poetry to dispel misconceptions and bring her…
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Award-winning novelist Alisa Ganieva’s books describe the complexities of her home, the Russian republic of Dagestan.An English translation of her second…
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Even though she doesn’t speak Arabic and is not a Muslim, poet Sasha Pimentel says the call to prayer in Saudi Arabia has influenced her work.Pimentel was…
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Alexie is excited for a new generation of Native American writers to come on the scene, "so I don't have to answer all the questions," he says. His new memoir is You Don't Have to Say You Love Me.
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Sam Weller stands before a group of high school students, waiting for his first guest of the day to appear on a large screen.“Nate Marshall can you hear…
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Ellen Elias-Bursac, current standing Vice President for the American Literary Translation Association and former revision expert for the Yugoslav War…
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Suzette Grillot talks to Rebecca Cruise about British Prime Minister Theresa May's speech outlining Brexit. And as we continue our month-long series on…
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War broke out in the former Yugoslavia when DraganaObradovic was only eight years old. Her family fled the region as refugees. By the time she was in her…