![Alphabet City bookstore on North Avenue in the North Side.](https://pittnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/C_CityAsylum_Paintings_File.jpeg)
City of Asylum presents ‘Klenicki Meets Monk’ exhibit, concert to address mental health and intergenerational trauma
By Nicholas Simila, Staff Writer
• January 24, 2023
![The flag of Trinidad and Tobago. The Sabira Cole Film Festival hosted a Trinidad and Tobago Independence Day Celebration on Tuesday to commemorate the nation’s independence from British rule.](https://pittnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/C_Film_Festival_Via.jpg)
Sabira Cole Film Festival celebrates Trinidadian independence with movie screening
By Sophie Earwood, For The Pitt News
• September 1, 2021
![All the events being held between May 12 and May 21 by City of Asylum, a Pittsburgh-based non-profit that provides sanctuary for writers who have been exiled under threat of persecution from their home countries, center around translation and themes of identity, migration and displacement.](https://pittnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/C_LitFest_Courtesy.jpeg)
International Literary Festival seeks to bridge cultural barriers with translated books
By Sinead McDevitt, Senior Staff Writer
• May 19, 2021
![Mai Khoi is a Vietnamese pop star turned activist who has spoken out against censorship in Vietnam, attempted to run for a seat in Vietnam’s National Assembly and campaigned for Facebook to step in and stop the activities of pro-government censorship groups on the site.](https://pittnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/N_Mai-Khoi2_Via-900x600.jpg)
Vietnamese pop star and activist Mai Khoi brings talents to Pitt
By Sinead McDevitt, Senior Staff Writer
• February 15, 2021
![The final community reading of the Poetry Partnership of Pittsburgh streamed last Wednesday.](https://pittnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/event-cover-5386-1.jpeg)
Poetry Partnership elevates voices of Black poets
By Diana Velasquez, Senior Staff Writer
• June 16, 2020
![The City of Asylum and White Whale bookstores created anti-racist booklists that contain books that discuss race, culture and what it’s like being black in America.](https://pittnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/whitewhalebookstore-1-900x600.jpg)
Local bookstores offer anti-racist books for all ages
By Ananya Pathapadu, Staff Writer
• June 9, 2020
![Students perform a collaborative poem about the shooting of Antwon Rose written by inside students.](https://pittnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/C_writers1_BG-900x601.jpg)
Poems from prison: Students share incarcerated voices
By Brian Gentry, Senior Staff Writer
• December 5, 2019
![Paisley Rekdal, Utah’s poet laureate, reads while on stage at City of Asylum’s “Poet Laureate Celebration” on Monday afternoon.](https://pittnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/C_Poets_MY-900x600.jpg)
City of Asylum hosts poets laureate from across the country
By Maggie Young, Contributing Editor
• September 3, 2019
![Writer and activist Tuhin Das speaks about the dangers Al-Qaeda presented to writers in his homeland of Bangladesh at Wednesday night’s “City Of Asylum Exiled Writers Residencies” event. (Photo by Sarah Connor | Contributing Editor)](https://pittnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/C_City-of-Asylum_SC-900x600.jpg)
City of Asylum residents share readings and wisdom at WPU
By Sarah Connor, Culture Editor
• October 18, 2018
![City of Asylum is a bookstore that specializes in translation and world literature but also hosts events like Jazz Poetry, which combines two art forms.](https://pittnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/C_City-of-Asylum_Courtesy-1-900x702.jpg)
City of Asylum wraps 14th annual Jazz Poetry Month, welcomes new changes
By Frances Tirado, For The Pitt News
• October 2, 2018
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