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December 11-17, 2008

Ariel Gore will be hosting a writing workshop in Oaxaca, Mexico this winter! The class size is super-limited, so click to www.arielgore.com and sign up early if you're coming...

As the light of the north wanes this winter, spend a week writing and soaking up inspiration in the sunshine of southern Mexico.

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There was a space I used to feel safe. Everyone should have such a space.

Today, when fear grips me and I need a balance bar to keep from slipping out of my life, I remember those mornings when I felt safe. Ten, fifteen, twenty-five years ago…these are some of my first memories. My bed is warm and cozy, but I am not sleeping. Sometime just hours after falling asleep I am awake again and all night long I drift in and out of this semi-conscious state. It is not tiring nor is it frustrating; I relish the feeling of being snug and in bed. I don’t want to fall asleep and miss it. I want to embrace it, to realize it and hold its hand. I want to spend all night drowsy and relaxed, awake in my sleepy space.--read more >>

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My mom says I was born tense. Tense and intense. When she tells the story of how I was born, amidst the drama and gesticulation, I feel a little sad to know that I am this child she speaks of. When she talks about the way she could hear me screaming day and night in the nursery just a few doors down, and of her helplessness in coming to my rescue, I feel the aftermath both of her helplessness and of my own. It's a feeling I can't seem to shake.--read more >>

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The reality of the suffering in Iraq has been rendered invisible by media hype and partisan battle. One doctor, who has treated some of the thousands, speaks about the war wounded.

"My son is involved in a deadly situation that should never have been."

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The Translation Project seeks to track the rich tradition of Persian poetry in the Diaspora since the 1979 revolution, now that so many Iranians reside outside of their home country.

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But do the good outweigh the bad and ugly?

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The past four years have offered some gems to look back at, and marvel.

She once Derrida'd everything. Then scorned the philosopher. Here, she deconstructs her love-hate relationship.