In this installment of our Jazz Poetry emcee interview series, Gail Austin and Mensah Wali of the Kente Arts Alliance to us about the organization’s mission and works, the public perception of Pittsburgh’s Northside, and their favorite jazz and poetry.
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Sampsonia Way sits down with members of Cyberpunk Apocalypse, Pittsburgh’s writer’s cooperative, at their new Northside home. In this interview they discuss the residency program, zines, and how they hope to grow in their new home.
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In this interview, renowned photographer Luis Brito talks about the risks and difficulties of taking pictures during Chávez times. Brito’s work has been banned from state museums and galleries.
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For a growing number of Turkmen youth, rap music has become a way to express their daily struggles and inspire political change in one of the world’s most oppressive countries.
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Writers Colleen J. McElroy, Carl Phillips, and Natasha Trethewey, faculty members of African-American poetry workshop Cave Canem, weigh in on the debate around Black History Month’s relevance.
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Israeli-Palestinian actor Juliano Mer-Khamis, killed in April 2011, founded the Freedom Theatre, a theater of resistance that continues to fight for cultural freedom in Palestine.
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In Knocking on the Door of… we present interviews with fellow residents of Pittsburgh’s Northside. Our first interview is with performer and teacher Barbara Russell.
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