Ithaca City of Asylum supports writers whose works are suppressed, whose lives are threatened, whose cultures are vanishing, and whose languages are endangered. Many writers in today’s world find themselves in this position–but being persecuted for the written word is nothing new.
Our project is partnering with Buffalo Street Books this month in a display of books by authors who have been persecuted, exiled, jailed, or threatened for their creative work. Books by our writers in residence join books by Nobel Prize winners and bestsellers who share the common thread of writing courageously in the face of persecution.
Stop by the store in the Dewitt Mall at 215 North Cayuga Street in Ithaca, and take a look.
Ithaca City of Asylum 