Two poems from Meena Kandasamy’s Ms. Militancy, a poetry collection that retells Hindu and Tamil myths from a feminist and anti-caste perspective. Kandasamy uses her poetry like a scalpel to dismantle stereotypes.
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Michelle Yeoh Choo-Kheng, who stars as Aung San Suu Kyi in Luc Besson’s film The Lady was deported by the authorities in Yangoon, Burma.
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Video testimony of Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi before US Congress. The pro-democracy advocate had been detained for 15 years by Burma’s ruling military junta. We also publish a transcript of her testimony.
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An excerpt from Christos Tsiolkas’s novel The Slap, which explores the changing lifestyle of Australia’s middle-class and confronts issues such as multiculturalism, homophobia, and infidelity.
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Two poems by Leena Manimekalai: What do you want? and The Ocean that exceeded the tongue. Manimekalai’s work has been censored in India and has been criticized by both religious conservatives and “ultra left fanatics”.
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Read Hang Dogg, a poem from Emanuel’s collection Noose and Hook, which explores America’s wars, food, poetry, painting, death—and oh yes, dogs.
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After facing brutal torture, Ayat al-Qarmezi from Bahrain was sentenced on June 20 to one year in prison for reading her anti-regime poem at a pro-democracy rally at Manama’s Pearl Square back in February 2011.
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This poem, from his book The Gathering of My Name, is Cornelius Eady’s response to Sampsonia Way‘s request for a personal story that spoke of his belief in Cave Canem, the organization of African-American poets he co-founded with fellow poet Toi Derricotte.
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Photos from the 2010 Cave Canem reading at City of Asylum Pittsburgh, featuring guest writers Colleen J. McElroy, Carl Phillips, Claudia Rankine, and Sapphire.
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The Indian Censor Board banned the screening of Leena Manimekalai’s film Sengadal. In this interview, Manimekalai reveals how her past shaped her artistic vision and the challenges plaguing her as she strives to retain an independent voice.
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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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