Ithaca City of Asylum
Providing refuge for persecuted writers and artists since 2001
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Samarasinghe Judges the Dissonance Project
Sonali Samarasinghe, ICOA’s writer-in-residence, served as one of the jurors for “The Dissonance Project,” a writing contest for high school students. The contest was sponsored by Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival (FLEFF) at Ithaca College. In an interview about her…
Read MoreNew Publications from ICOA Board Members
A play, “Rat-tat-tat,” by David Guaspari, is featured in The Best Ten-Minute Plays 2013, edited by Lawrence Harbison, published by Smith and Kraus. It’s just come out. Christopher Gonzales won the 2014 S. I. Newhouse School Prize for Creative Nonfiction…
Read MoreIthaca City of Asylum at the Ithaca Alternative Gift Fair
Ithaca City of Asylum joined fifty other local non-profit organizations at the Ithaca Alternative Gift Fair on December 7, 2013, at the First Presbyterian Church at Dewitt Park. During the fair, participants had the chance to donate a gift to…
Read MoreJournalist, Educator Challenges Corruption
Sonali Samarasinghe, Ithaca City of Asylum’s writer in residence, is the focus of a front page interview in the Ithaca Journal. The story describes Sonali as an award-winning investigative journalist, editor, and lawyer from Sri Lanka who worked for more…
Read MoreBoard Member Publishes Book on Families and Fracking
Ithaca City of Asylum board member, Lamar Herrin, has recently published his latest book, Fractures. This is a novel that uses the issue of hyrofracking to provide the context for a story about family and connections. Herrin, a professor emeritus…
Read MorePark Foundation Awards Grant to ICOA
The Park Foundation has announced a grant of $10,000 to Ithaca City of Asylum, to be used to fund the organization’s activities in the next two years. “We are deeply grateful to the Park Foundation for this new commitment,” says…
Read MoreSarah Mkhonza joins the faculty of Stanford University
ICOA is pleased to announce that former writer in residence Sarah Mkhonza has joined the faculty of Stanford University, where she will teach courses in Zulu and Xhosa.
Read MoreVisual Art on Banned Books
ICOA is pleased to invite you to an art show at the Tompkins County Public Library, featuring art based on Banned Books. The exhibition is available until December 20, 2013 and contains work by two Ithaca City of Asylum board…
Read MoreUsing Fiction for Social Change
Exiled Venezuelan Author Reads from Dystopian Novel for Voices of Freedom 2013 Venezuelan political critic and renowned author Israel Centeno read from his novel La Torre Invertida, (translated as The Tower Overturned) as the highlight of Ithaca City of Asylum’s…
Read MoreSamarasinghe Gives Commencement Address
Sonali Samarasinghe, Ithaca City of Asylum’s resident writer, was selected to give the commencement address at The Ellis School in Pittsburgh on June 6, 2013. The Ellis School is Pittsburgh’s only independent school dedicated to the education of girls and…
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