 Sarah
Mkhonza of Swaziland
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| Ithaca City of Asylum (ICOA) joins a worldwide
network of Cities of Asylum, supporting writers whose
works are suppressed, whose lives are threatened, whose
cultures are vanishing, and whose languages are endangered.
Working in partnership with Cornell University, Ithaca
College, and Hobart and William Smith Colleges, ICOA
welcomes exiled writers to Ithaca. Each writer is invited
for a two-year period. During that time, the writer
is employed part-time by Cornell University, which provides
a living stipend, health insurance, and visa sponsorship.
ICOA provides housing, furnishing, and social support
to the writer and his or her family.
In 2001, ICOA welcomed Chinese dissident poet and essayist Yi
Ping. In 2003, ICOA welcomed Iranian playwright Reza Daneshvar.
In 2006, ICOA welcomed the exiled fiction writer Sarah Mkhonza
of Swaziland.
ICOA is funded by the generosity of individual donors. To
donate or for more information, contact Bridget Meeds at bm24@cornell.edu.
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News articles about ICOA:
Cornell Chronicle
Dissident and novelist from African autocracy finds sanctuary at Cornell
[Sept. 12, 2006]
Poets and Writers Magazine
Ithaca Named Second U.S. City of Asylum [November 2, 2001]
Ithaca College Quarterly
Dissident poet Yi Ping becomes the first resident writer in Ithaca City of Asylum -- with some IC help. [October 28, 2003]
The Ithacan
Novelist Banks to visit Ithaca [February 14, 2002]
Ithaca College Quarterly
Freedom of the Pen [August 8, 2005]
Ithaca Times
Fighting from Afar [September 20, 2006]
Seeking Asylum [September 22, 2004]
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Ithaca, NY 14853
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