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One Young World: Human Rights Plenary
Whose responsibility is it to make sure that human rights are upheld? One Young World Co-founder David Jones (Havas) 1 of 14...
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Sometimes Poets: a Poem by Chuck Kinder
An illustration depicting James McParland and the Molly Maguires, from the San Fransisco Call, published on November 26th, 1911. Photo: The Library of Congress On October 22nd, Sampsonia Way published...
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An Interview with Justin Fortunato
“Realism comes in the metaphors” Left: Israel Centeno, photo by Renee Rosensteel. Right: Justin Fortunato Israel Centeno and Prime Stage Theater: A Collaborative Reading Thursday, November 15th from...
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The Writer’s Block: A Video Q&A with Thomas Sayers Ellis
Photo: Camila Centeno The Writer’s Block is an ongoing video series of interviews with visiting writers at City of Asylum/Pittsburgh. In these Q&A’s, conducted on Sampsonia Way, writers sit down...
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An Interview with Hilary Masters, Pittsburgh Man of Letters
Hilary Masters in his home, 2012. Photo: Camila Centeno Hilary Masters is one of the most respected names in Pittsburgh letters. Raised in Kansas City, Missouri, Masters spent some years in New York...
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Hilary Masters: Silence, Please
Sampsonia Way is pleased to be able to share an excerpt from the writing of Hilary Masters. Masters, who lives in the Mexican War Streets neighborhood of Pittsburgh’s Northside, is the author of nine...
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The Writer’s Block: A Video Q&A with Hilary Masters
Photo: Camila Centeno. The Writer’s Block is an ongoing video series of interviews with visiting writers at City of Asylum/Pittsburgh. In these Q&A’s, conducted on Sampsonia Way, writers sit down...
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Northside Neighbors: Knocking on the Door of The Northside Chronicle
Photo: TJ Murphy Pittsburgh’s Northside is made up of eighteen different neighborhoods, and just as each of these vibrant neighborhoods is unique, so are its residents. Artists, journalists, and...
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Slideshow: The Cartoons of Atila Özer
“Atila Özer had a singular message of society, peace, and justice.” Atila Özer, 1977 http://www.sampsoniaway.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/1977.jpg Atila Özer, 1980...
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Northside Neighbors: Knocking on the Door of Roger Humphries
Photo: YouTube Pittsburgh’s Northside is made up of eighteen different neighborhoods, and just as each of these vibrant neighborhoods is unique, so are its residents. Artists, journalists, and...
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Riverview Park http://www.sampsoniaway.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/PittsburghPark.jpg Liberty Avenue http://www.sampsoniaway.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Pittsbutgh-LibertySt.jpg Sampsonia...
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The Writer’s Block: A Video Q&A with Chris Abani
Poet Chris Abani. Photos: Orlando Luis Pardo. The Writer’s Block is an ongoing video series of interviews with visiting writers at City of Asylum/Pittsburgh. In these Q&A’s, conducted on Sampsonia...
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The Writer’s Block: A Video Q&A with Cornelius Eady
Cornelius Eady on poetry. Photo: Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo The Writer’s Block is an ongoing video series of interviews with visiting writers at City of Asylum/Pittsburgh. In these Q&A’s, conducted on...
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I Don’t Know What I’d Do If I Couldn’t Speak My Mind
Adel Fougnies on performing in the Mexican War Streets Robert Walicki with Adel Fougnies http://www.sampsoniaway.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Robert-Walicki-2013-09-15-12.54.45.jpg Aaron Bigler...
View ArticleVideo: Poet Sridala Swami Reads at Jazz Poetry 2013
On September 7 the Indian writer and poet Sridala Swami came to Pittsburgh to read at City of Asylum/Pittsburgh’s 2013 Jazz Poetry concert. Making a spot-lit entrance on a balcony over Sampsonia Way,...
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Having to Fight for It: An Interview with Poet / Musician Joy Harjo
Photo: City of Asylum/Pittsburgh Archives Joy Harjo, a Creek Indian poet and musician originally from Oklahoma, has known both struggle and accomplishment throughout her thirty-year career. Twenty...
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The Writer’s Block: A Video Q & A with Hamdy El-Gazzar
In this segment of The Writer’s Block, Hamdy El-Gazzar discusses writing poetry, incorporating sex as a theme in his work, and the importance of letting the spirit of a text live in translation. Photo:...
View ArticleThe Writer’s Block: A Video Q&A with Ivo Victoria
In this segment of The Writer’s Block, Ivo Victoria discusses how becoming a writer has made him a reader, how music is his biggest stylistic influence, and how he plays the “game between fact and...
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Book Picks 2013: The Salon Readings at City of Asylum
In light of the holiday season, Sampsonia Way is excited to present our readers with a list of recommended reading from City of Asylum/Pittsburgh’s 2013 literary events. In the last year City of...
View Article10 Most-Watched Writer’s Block Video Q&A’s of 2013
The Writer’s Block: A Video Q&A with Chris Abani http://www.sampsoniaway.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Chris_Abani_Video_pic2.jpg Chris Abani is a recipient of a 2009 Guggenheim Fellowship in...
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