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ON A DAY THIS WEEK IN MAY, 1975. Roque Dalton
The 10 May 1975, the Salvadoran poet and revolutionary-communist Roque Antonio Dalton García was shot dead in San Salvador after over two decades of revolutionary struggle
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Adrienne Rich: “Defy the Space That Separates ”
When David Lehman asked me to undertake a volume, I was dubious — about the title and its implications, about the “catchment area”
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Jami Proctor Xu. My poems open up conversations in which people share their experiences with me
Jami Proctor Xu 徐贞敏 is a poet, translator, artist, and mother. She writes in Chinese and English
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ON A DAY THIS WEEK, IN NOVEMBER, 1990
On a day this week, the 11th November, 1990, the Greek poet, communist and political prisoner, Yannis Ritsos died in Athens
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‘It Was Another Year’s September’
while out of sight and in continents far away there are these poets and prisoners locked away
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On World Poetry Day, Support Imprisoned Poets
March 21 is “World Poetry Day,” as declared by UNESCO
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Qatari Poet Muhammad Al Ajami, Serving 15-year Sentence, Pardoned by Emir
Qatari poet Muhammad al-Ajami — who was the target of an international solidarity movement because of his 15-year prison sentence — has been pardoned
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Ashraf Fayadh’s Death Sentence Repealed; New Ruling Sentences Poet to 8 Years, 800 Lashes
Post Views: 45 The appeal of Palestinian poet Ashraf Fayadh — who was facing the death penalty in Saudi Arabia — was heard today: The higher court reversed the previous death-sentence ruling and replaced it with eight years, eight hundred
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BLIND SPOTS: A platform of reflection interweaving law and poetry
An interview with artist Debra Werblud
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