From our ongoing video series The Writer’s Block, a Q&A with Dutch novelist and poet Erik Jan Harmens conducted during his visit last month to City of Asylum Pittsburgh. In his writing Harmens has dealt with the theme of love as well as terrorism.
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In the Weekly Freedom of Speech Roundup Sampsonia Way presents some of the week’s top news on freedom of expression, journalists in danger, artists in exile, and banned literature.
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In this exclusive video Dutch poet Lucas Hirsch reads “Tweeëntwintig” (“Twenty-two”) at a City of Asylum/Pittsburgh event. Hirsch is the author of two collections of poems, familie gebiedt (2006) and tastzin (2009).
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From our ongoing series “The Writer’s Block,” a Q&A with investigative journalist and poet John Schoorl conducted during his visit to City of Asylum Pittsburgh. Schoorl is the author of A Capella and Uitloopgroef (‘Run-out-groove’).
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In the Weekly Freedom of Speech Roundup Sampsonia Way presents the week’s top news on freedom of expression, journalists in danger, artists in exile, and banned literature.
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In this video Dutch poet Hélène Gelèns reads “Gedicht voor twee stemmen en een klok” (Poem for two voices and a clock) at City of Asylum/Pittsburgh. Hélène Gelèns is a writer of poetry, essays, and short prose.
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Hélène Gelèns shared with Sampsonia Way a previously unpublished poem in English: “What Frays and Blossoms” from the book zet af en zweef (Take off and Float). The original poem in Dutch is also included.
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