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Alphabet City bookstore on North Avenue in the North Side.

City of Asylum hosts second annual Pittsburgh International Literary Festival

By Jacob Mraz, Staff Writer September 11, 2022
City of Asylum’s LitFest ‘22 is a free, hybrid literature festival that spans 10 days from Sept. 10 to Sept. 20. The festival focuses on themes of identity, displacement and marginalized voices.
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.

International Literary Festival seeks to bridge cultural barriers with translated books

By Sinead McDevitt, Senior Staff Writer May 18, 2021
Translation, often a forgotten part of the literary process, allows stories from all over the world to be more accessible to a wider audience. City of Asylum is celebrating translation with the first annual Pittsburgh International Literary Festival, also known as LitFest. 
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