In this video created by Sampsonia Way magazine and published also by Rattapallax, Komunyakaa describes his revision process, talks about the importance of silence in poetry, and dispenses advice for young poets.
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How did City of Asylum start in the United States? Desire Cooper tells the story of Richard Wiley, a writer and professor who helped establish the first American City of Asylum, located at University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
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In this video, poet Yusef Komunyakaa describes his revision process, talks about the importance of silence in poetry, and dispenses advice for young poets. The video was created by Sampsonia Way magazine and published also by Rattapallax.
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In May 2011, City of Asylum/Pittsburgh received an anonymous poem honoring exiled Chinese poet Huang Xiang for daring to touch “dangerous themes” that “earned him the solitude of prison.”
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