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Owen Sheers

Owen Sheers is currently a Dorothy and Lewis B Cullman Fellow at the New York Public Library. His books include a novel, Resistance, and a collection of poetry, Skirrid Hill, which won a Somerset Maugham Award in 2006.

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Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition
Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition

Road Trip

Owen Sheers

‘I’ve always been as surprised by what continues in Zimbabwe as much as by what has been lost; the shards of ‘normal’ life that survive in such a frayed society.’

Essays & Memoir | Issue 103
Essays & Memoir | Issue 103

Polling in New York City

Owen Sheers

‘It’s been said more than once during this US presidential campaign that the rest of the world should be allowed a vote as well.’

Essays & Memoir | Issue 101 padlock
Essays & Memoir | Issue 101 padlock

Bomb Gone

Owen Sheers

‘We had been driving along the Bay of Wrecks on the eastern coast of Christmas Island for over an hour and a half when we saw the flock of terns.’

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