March 2012
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A PEN member's interpretation of a poem by Zhu... →
Big Fish Little Fish, by PEN member Joanna Sterling, is based on ‘The Year 1989’ by poet Zhu Yufu , translated by Yu Zhang. Zhu Yufu is currently serving a seven year prison sentence in China for his allegedly ‘subversive’ poem It’s Time and several messages he had sent on the internet. For more details of Zhu Yufu’s case and to take action, please click here.
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“…And now: it is easy to forget
what I came for
among so many who have always...”
– In memory of poet Adrienne Rich, who passed away yesterday, we share a verse from her poem Diving into the Wreck. NYPL has several books in our collection by this beautiful poet, so you can remember her in your own way. (via nypl)
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U.S. Department of State: Fact Sheet: Key U.S.... →
Reading between the lines of this post, it’s encouraging that the U.S. remains committed to engaging with the UN Human Rights Council. The votes on Sri Lanka and Burma are encouraging, as well as the side panels on LGBT rights and the Internet and Free Expression. If you haven’t seen it, I like the White House’s take, on a first reading, on exporting certain internet technologies...
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“So many of the politically fueled songs were written years ago, but the issues...”
– James Searle, Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad
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“A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful...”
– Robert Frost, who joined the American PEN Club in 1922, and who would be celebrating his 138th birthday today (via penamerican)
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“I’m frightened of people who believe in just one story. The advantage of...”
– A conversation with Stephen Dunn (via wwnorton)
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“Censorship is known for its long and brutal tentacles. With loved ones...”
– Roma Tearne
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The Difference between War and Peace
harismusings:
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Fascinating post on the challenges of automated... →
The range of vernaculars that comprise Arabic is much more varied than the range of vernaculars that are typically considered to comprise European languages like English and French, and this makes the linguistic environment much more fluid and harder to translate using automated techniques (aka, Machine Translation or MT).
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Turkish Translator and Publisher Trial resumes on... →
Turkish publisher İrfan Sancı and translator Süha Sertabiboğlu for their January 2011 publication of William S. Burrough’s 1961 novel The Soft Machine (Yumuşak Makine), which received international notice, including in the Guardian, which both reported on the trial and published an editorial by Elif Shafak.
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“Most white people in the South were not throwing bombs and causing havoc, but...”
– Mark Childress, on To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
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Hari Kunzru and Teju Cole in conversation at NYPL... →
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WatchDoug Liman’s Provocative New Film
Famed director discusses film based on government documents on terror suspects.
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Rohan Jayasekera on the UNESCO Future of... →
rohanjay:
His organisation’s name was on the marquee, but no-one invited him to the party. We understand there was no attempt at all to invite Rupert Murdoch to last week’s Paris conference on The Media World after WikiLeaks and News of the World.
And the founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange,…
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