A Conversation about Compassion and Writers

After Michael Ondaatje's reading there was a lot of talk about NANCA, the North American Network of Cities of Asylum (http://www.cityofasylum.org). Board members Russell Banks, Caryl Phillips, Carolyn Forche, and Michael Ondaatje were all on site and held an informal meeting. The Writers Institute remains very much interested in the project, and will seek to help in whatever way we can.