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    • The 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China met last week barring many international news sites, and inciting many protests of their policy on Tibet. Photo: Remko Tanis
      Freedom of Speech Roundup
      by Sampsonia Way / November 17, 2012

      This week: the CCP blocks news sites for the 18th Party Congress, Tibetan self-immolations continue in China, and an interview with poet/ activist Amiri Baraka.

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      Anticipating Cave Canem 2012: Interviews with Past Writers
      by Nina Mohan / June 14, 2012

      As we anticipate this year’s Cave Canem poetry reading at City of Asylum Pittsburgh, we offer a compilation of interviews with past guest writers. Know what the writers think about Cave Canem and poetry.

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    • Meena Kandasamy
      Celebrating National Poetry Month
      by Sampsonia Way / April 24, 2012

      Sampsonia Way joins the celebration of National Poetry Month by recognizing ten poets who have contributed to our pages. Watch and read their voices here.

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      Celebrating Black History Month
      by Sampsonia Way / February 10, 2012

      In commemoration of Black History Month, Sampsonia Way magazine recognizes the African-American authors who have contributed their transformative words to our pages.

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    • Khet Mar
      Most-Read Sampsonia Way Articles of 2011
      by Sampsonia Way / December 28, 2011

      Read about the work and experiences of writers, editors, bloggers, cartoonists, journalists–and a musician–from Ireland, Kenya, China, Mexico, Burma, Afghanistan, and other countries around the world.

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    • Amiri Baraka at Occupy Wall St. Photo posted in Baraka's Facebook page by Ngoma Hill.
      Amiri Baraka on Occupy Wall Street
      by Sampsonia Way / October 25, 2011

      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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    • Toi Derricotte reads at Cave Canem 2011 Photo: Rachel Eliza Griffiths
      Video: Toi Derricotte Reads at Cave Canem 2011
      by Sampsonia Way / October 17, 2011

      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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    • Natasha Trethewey reads at Cave Canem 2011. Photo: Rachel Eliza Griffiths
      Video: Poet Natasha Trethewey Reads at Cave Canem 2011
      by Sampsonia Way / October 11, 2011

      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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    • Video: Cornelius Eady Reads at Cave Canem 2011
      by Sampsonia Way / October 2, 2011

      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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    • Video: Something in the Way of Things (In Town) by Amiri Baraka
      by Silvia Duarte / September 24, 2011

      In this video, Amiri Baraka reads his poem “Something in the way of things (In Town)” at a reading hosted by Cave Canem and City of Asylum Pittsburgh. The poem manifests Baraka’s quest for social justice.

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