Aron Atabek is a prize-winning poet and political writer currently in jail in Kazakhstan. His works are highly critical of Nursultan Nazarbayev, the President of Kazakhstan and his policies. Sampsonia Way is proud to present his poem, RE-ZONA-NCE.
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Author Ko Ko Thett remembers Rugged Gold, a poetry chapbook series produced by the students of Yangon Institute of Technology, a university which was shut down due to student protests.
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Burmese poet, activist, and editor Nyein Thit talks about his experience in prison and his documentaries on Burma’s forced labor camps in this video interview. Nyein Thit also reads his poem “Peace on the Table.”
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In this interview author and poet Thomas Sayers Ellis sat down with Pittsburgh-based poet Bonita Lee Penn to talk about his personal relationship with the oral tradition, the founding of the Dark Room Collective, and the future of language and motion.
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In this edition of The Writer’s Block, we sit down with TJ Dema, a Motswana performance poet, to discuss her craft and collaborations. The Writer’s Block is an ongoing video series of interviews with visiting writers at City of Asylum/Pittsburgh.
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TJ Dema is a veteran spoken word poet from Botswana who has been performing for over a decade. She payed a visit to Pittsburgh in September to read at City of Asylum/Pittsburgh’s annual Jazz Poetry concert. Sampsonia Way presents three of her poems.
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Renowned poet Nikki Giovanni discusses her views on censorship, voter suppression in the upcoming presidential elections, the tribute she’s organizing to celebrate Toni Morrison’s legacy, and offers a message to young black poets.
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