A collection of poetry from Russian dissidents, and those part of the great poetic revival after ...

Situated at the crossroads of four major regions-the Middle East, Central Asia, the Indian subcon...

Sent by the Salvation Army to bear witness to the work they were doing in response to the Aids pa...

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Winner of the 2007 Alfaguara Prize for Fiction, See How Much I Love You is a epic love story span...

Each of the four essays reprinted here was written for a specific occasion and together comprise ...