On the occasion of it’s tenth anniversary celebration Ithaca City of Asylum (ICOA) recently published the brochure Ithaca City of Asylum: Celebrating Ten Years of Giving Voice to Freedom. The brochure is a retrospective of ICOA’s work supporting writers who…
Read More10-year Anniversary of Defending the Freedom to Write In celebration of 10 years of providing a safe haven to oppressed writers, Ithaca City of Asylum (ICOA) sponsored a marathon reading, Voices of Freedom, featuring many of the community’s talented authors….
Read MoreCelebrate the Freedom to Read with a spirited and inspiring presentation and performance by Cornell University Writer in Residence and Visiting Professor Irakli Kakabadze. Kakabadze, a writer, peace studies scholar and activist, and his wife, Anna Dolidze, now a research…
Read MoreDuring his residency, Irakli Kakabadze has led a seminar in the Cornell University Peace Studies Program teaching students to use literature to create positive solutions for society. In one such class, the students took Kakabadze’s tragedy, Candidate Jokola (which has…
Read MoreOn November 18, ICOA writer in residence Irakli Kakabadze received the Oxfam Novib/PEN Award, which is awarded annually to writers who have been forced to flee their home countries. Also receiving awards were Maziar Bahari (Iran), Daniel Coronell (Colombia), Chi…
Read MoreThe premier issue of Sampsonia Way, called “Tiananmen Revisited,” published by Pittsburgh City of Asylum, includes a new poem by Yi Ping, ICOA’s first resident writer. To read the bilingual text, translated by Michelle Yeh, click here.
Read MoreICOA has been selected to participate in this year’s Alternative Gift Fair, an annual event that offers Ithacans a wide array of holiday presents in the form of charitable donations. The Alternative Gift Fair showcases over 55 organizations, with gifts…
Read More“Voices of Freedom” is the annual highlight of community events planned by Ithaca City of Asylum. This year’s program features ICOA resident Irakli Kakabadze. The following press release is available for download. Russia’s attack on the Republic of Georgia, the…
Read More“Peace is a dangerous idea to some people,” says Irakli Kakabadze, a writer, poet and playwright from the Republic of Georgia who fled his native country in late 2006 with his pregnant wife when his life was threatened because of…
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