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 this interview, writer and journalist Maria Elena Lavaud talks to us about the state of freedom of expression in Venezuela. The author several books, Lavaud is also the host of the TV talk show En Privado for Globovisión.
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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 interview, political science professor Jonathan Harris talks about the documentary Putin’s Kiss, the pro-Kremlin Nashi movement, the limits of freedom of speech in Russia, and the future of political opposition and dissent in the country.
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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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