SampsoniaWay.org recognizes the African American authors who have contributed their stories and words to our pages.
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In commemoration of Black History Month, Sampsonia Way recognizes the African-American authors who have contributed their transformative words to our pages, among them Chris Abani, Amiri Baraka, Toi Derricotte, Thomas Sayers Ellis, Nikki Giovanni, Angela Jackson, and Yusef Komunyakaa.
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In anticipation of the coming new year, Sampsonia Way looks back at the most-watched Writer’s Block video interviews of 2013. The Writer’s Block is an ongoing video series of interviews with visiting writers at City of Asylum/Pittsburgh.
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In this edition of The Writer’s Block we talk to poet and professor Thomas Sayers Ellis.
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Sampsonia Way had a chance to interview writers from all over the world in 2012. These are the most watched videos that captured these wonderful experiences.
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In 2012 Sampsonia Way spoke with many authors and artists on a range of topics. As the New Year approaches, we revisit sixteen of the most read interviews.
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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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