City of Asylum

For two years we provide a furnished house, a living stipend, medical coverage, and help in transitioning to potentially permanent exile.

Exiled Writers-In-Residence

Readings at City of Asylum Pittsburgh

Huang Xiang, China, 2004-2006

Horacio Castellanos Moya, El Salvador, 2007-2009

Khet Mar, Burma, 2009-2011

Israel Centeno, 2011-2013

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ALPHABET CITY
City of Asylum presented its Alphabet City literary center project to the general membership of the Central Northside Neighborhood Council at the CNNC's September meeting. Zoning approval for the project was overwhelmingly endorsed by the membership. This marks the third endorsement of the project by the CNNC members. Zoning Board of Adjusment approved the project in December 2011. Joan Kimmel and Barbara Russell have appealed the approval and filed an action against the Zoning Board.

Click to view the presentation to CNNC

PRESS: Post-Gazette (12/24/2011), Post-Gazette (5/4/2011), Tribune-Review (2/8/2011), Post-Gazette (5/29/2009)

LINC Awards

AWARDS

We are also becoming known nationally as a cutting-edge exemplar of placemaking through the arts and providing “creative sustenance” to our community.

PBS NewsHour

PRESS

A selection of features on City of Asylum/Pittsburgh.

Sampsonia Way magazine

SAMPSONIA WAY MAGAZINE
A selection of stories and author interviews from Sampsonia Way, our literary magazine:

 

Help support writers-in-exile and free community-based literary programs. We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, so your donation qualifies for a 100% tax-deduction. Click here to donate now

Universities, Associations, Book Clubs and Book Lovers... It's easy to arrange a reading by one of the writers-in-residence. EMAIL US for more information.

Dedicated volunteers Adel Fougnies and Richard Thomas were awarded our 2011 “Preserving Endangered Voices Award.” Adel is the creator of our “I Don’t Know What I’d Do, If I Couldn’t Speak My Mind” day of readings.

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MAY 5: EXILED VOICES FROM IRAN

Nazila Fathi, Pegah Amadi and The Casualty Process

All events FREE

4:00 Nazila Fathi
Former New York Times reporter in Tehran.
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5:15 Pegah Amadi
Poet and expert on women's movement in Iran
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8:00 The Casualty Process
Electro-pop band
(Plus TM Eye)
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  • June 21: Cave Canem poets
  • September 8: Jazz Poetry Concert & Writers-in-the-Gardens

 Video: Highlight from January City of Asylum/Pittsburgh salon, a collaborative performance with Fabienne Kanor (France) and Christiane Leach (Pittsburgh)

Jazz Poetry Concert 2011 featured Tarbaby with Oliver Lake, plus their collaboration with poets Tommi Parkko (Finland), Alexandra Petrova (Russia), Hind Shoufani (Palestine), and Sonia Sanchez (USA), and a surprise performance of the Flying Wallendas performing to a text by Salman Rushdie.