Amiri Baraka, the activist, writer, and a prominent figure of the Civil Right Movement gives us his take on Occupy Wall Street movement.
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The Weekly Digest — a round-up of Sampsonia Way’s top stories — is your source for quality weekend reading.
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Recently Reporters Without Borders posted a video interview with the comedian and blogger Zarganar, who was freed from Myitkyina prison on 12 October under a government amnesty.
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Toi Derricotte‘s work has been described by as “one of the most beautiful and necessary voices in American poetry today.” Derricotte was a featured poet at a reading hosted by City of Asylum Pittsburgh and Cave Canem
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The release of political prisoners is part of an amnesty granted by the Burmese government. Observers estimate the number of political prisoners will be around 300.
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Aw Pi Kyeh, a political cartoonist and well-known conservationist, was prevented by Burmese authorities from delivering a speech on the Myitsone Dam to the Myanmar Fisheries Federation.
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In this video, Pulitzer-prize winning poet Natasha Trethewey reads at an event hosted by Cave Canem and City of Asylum Pittsburgh, which also featured poets Toi Derricotte, Cornelius Eady, and special guest Amiri Baraka.
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In this video Cornelius Eady reads his poetry at a reading hosted by Cave Canem and City of Asylum Pittsburgh. Eady has published eight books of poetry, including Brutal Imagination, a finalist for the National Book Award.
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Radio Farda’s Vahid Pourostad talks about his work with Persian Letters. Pourostad is a well-known Iranian journalist who before being forced to leave Iran about a year ago served on the editorial boards of a number of reformist newspapers.
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This slide show features cartoons by Cuban political cartoonist Alfredo Pong. Pong, who has admitted that he suffers an incurable case of “Castrophobia,” is among many exiled journalists who continue to fight for a free Cuba.
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Sampsonia Way's companion guide to City of Asylum’s Exiled Voice of China and Tibet literary event, featuring standout pieces from its three year coverage of exiled and persecuted writers. READ
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