Three previously unpublished poems by Cave Canem founder Cornelius Eady: “‘I Believe I’ll Make A Change’: A Duet Between Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell”; “Father Frances at Mt. St. Alphonus”; and “Eisa Davis Sings.”
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In this interview writer Easterine Kire discusses the psychological effects of the occupation of her native Nagaland (India), the important (and endangered) art of spoken word, and the power of folklore to preserve peace.
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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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The following selection of Sampsonia Way author interviews published in 2011 feature diverse voices from around the world sharing their views on a range of topics, including the creative process, politics and culture, and their own struggle to defend freedom of expression.
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To mark IFEX’s International Day to End Impunity, we asked African writers who have contributed to Sampsonia Way to write about the importance of fighting impunity in their home countries.
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To mark IFEX’s International Day to End Impunity, we asked Latin American writers who have contributed to Sampsonia Way to write about the importance of fighting impunity in their home countries.
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Reporters Without Borders reiterates its concern about the fate of journalists and bloggers who have disappeared or who have been kidnapped over the course of the past nine months of protests against Bashar Al-Assad’s government.
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Hind Shoufani is the author of two volumes of poetry, More Light Than Death Could Bear (2007) and Inkstains on the Edge of Light (2010). She was a featured poet at City of Asylum Pittsburgh’s annual Jazz Poetry Concert.
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An exchange between Pittsburgh poet Terrance Hayes and Flemish novelist Paul Mennes. The writers were the inaugural authors in a new city-to-city “writer residency exchange” between City of Asylum/Pittsburgh and Het Beschrijf of Brussels.
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Palestinain poet Hind Shoufani came to Pittsburgh to read at City of Asylum/Pittsburgh’s annual Jazz Poetry concert where she read “Pick me Up,” poem dedicated to Palestine, “who defies geography.”
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