In this edition of The Writer’s Block we speak with poet Nikky Finney, recipient of the National Book Award in Poetry. Finney is a faculty member of Cave Canem.
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Author Hamdy El-Gazzar constructs a narrative based around two key players in the Egyptian Revolution: the “Facebook girl”, who rallied people to gather in Tahrir Square”, and a forgotten poet who re-discovers poetry after decades of silence.
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Author Hamdy El-Gazzar constructs a narrative based around two key players in the Egyptian Revolution: the “Facebook girl”, who rallied people to gather in Tahrir Square”, and a forgotten poet who re-discovers poetry after decades of silence.
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This week: legal bans on protestors in Bahrain; violent retribution against journalists in Somalia; and tensions in Greece between free press and privacy.
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Pittsburgh writer Chuck Kinder is the author of four novels and has also written numerous poems. Sampsonia Way presents Kinder’s poem, “Sometimes Poets.”
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In this week’s Tea House Khet Mar profiles Burmese poet Aung Way who has been living in exile since 2007. He now has the option of returning to Burma.
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In this week’s Tea House Khet Mar profiles Burmese poet Aung Way who has been living in exile since 2007. He now has the option of returning to Burma.
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In this edition of The Writer’s Block, we talk with poet Patricia Smith about the relationship between poetry and teaching and the role of the poet in society.
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In the wake of the Taliban’s attack on 14 year old Malala Yusufzai, Bina Shah revisits a collection of Taliban poetry.
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City of Asylum/Pittsburgh visiting writer Vijay Nair examines the differences in India and Pakistan’s media coverage of cases post-partition of British India.
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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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