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WWB contributor Liel Leibovitz and Sylvie Simmons discusses her book “I’m Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen”. Come read Leibovitz’s Dispatch, “Palestinian Writers in Conversation” in the Dispatches Section of Words without Borders. 

Ken Walibora speaks (in Swahili) at the University of Wasta, Kenya. Come read his fiction piece “Poor Grandpa” in the May 2013 Issue of Words without Borders. 

Before he defected, Jang Jin-sung was Kim Jong-il’s favorite court poet.

Here is an excerpt from his poem “Pillow”, published for the first time in English, in our North Korean Defectors Issue of Words without Borders:

With nothing to offer but a bowl of water
For one face-wash
The traders sit here
To sell their poverty

(photo courtesy chathamhouse.org)

An amazing photograph taken in North Korea by our May 2013: North Korean Defectors Issue cover artist Jeremy Hunter (can you guess what it depicts?). Take a look at the other images from this series on Jeremy’s web site.

A Milkweed Editions Book Video for Tamas Dobozy’s “Siege 13”. Come read a review of “Seige 13” by Cynthia-Marie O’Brien in our Words without Borders Dispatches Section. 

An interesting little clip (in Arabic) featuring writer Hassan Blasim and an evocative musical soundtrack. Come read “The Green Zone Rabbit” by Blasim in the April 2013: Iraq, Ten Years Later Issue of Words without Borders. 

An interview (in French and Arabic) with Algerian reporter, novelist and playwright Mustapha Benfodil. Come read his nonfiction “The Last Six Days of Baghdad” In the April 2013: Iraq, Ten Years Later Issue of Words without Borders.

I chased it so often
in our Baghdad garden
But it would always fly away… 

http://wordswithoutborders.org/article/a-butterfly-in-new-york

(photo courtesy banipal.co.uk)

An excerpt from the documentary film “Voices in Wartime” featuring Sinan Antoon. Come read his poem “A Butterfly in New York” in the April 2013: Writing from Iraq Issue of Words without Borders.

A Hassan Blasim interview (in English) by Comma Press. Come read his fiction piece “The Green Zone Rabbit” in the April 2013: Writing from Iraq Issue of Words without Borders.