10 February, 2012
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Kathleen Flenniken, the author of ‘Famous’, has become the second poet laureate of the Washington state, United States, after suceeding Samuel Green. A Seattle resident, she is also the president of the Floating Bridge Press. For a poet laureate who … Continue reading
17 January, 2012
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Scottish poet John Burnside has won the distinguished TS Eliot Poetry Prize for 2012, for his 11th book Black Cat Bone. When asked about his views on an investment company funding the prize, Burnside expressed to have no reservations about … Continue reading
17 December, 2011
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With the conviction that poetry gives a voice to ordinary people to be heard and that it is a ‘very powerful conflict resolution tool’, writer and activist Grace E. Reed from Portland, USA, talks to Niki Gee from Chicago, the … Continue reading
9 December, 2011
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Based on the anti-capitalist sentiment, Australian poet John Kinsella expresses his disappointment at the prestigious TS Eliot prize being sponsored by an investment company, Aurum Funds by withdrawing from the prize. Kinsella is now the second one to withdraw from … Continue reading
6 December, 2011
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As the possibility of a second recession continues in the UK, and investment bankers including bank bosses left no opportunity in the recent years to bag bonuses whilst people lost jobs and education became unaffordable, British poet Alice Oswald decides … Continue reading
21 November, 2011
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MAPS is gathering interest in Portland, Oregon. Mothers/grandmothers are meeting on Fri. Nov. 25th to strategize letter writing and civic expression march schedule. They will sing, drum, chant poetry, dance and walk on behalf of their Occupy youth who are in peaceful protest addressing … Continue reading
6 November, 2011
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As the Chinese nation increasingly rises on the world stage as an economic power with the ongoing fears related to Eurozone crisis and national sovereign debt in the West, where is the road that connects over a billion Chinese people … Continue reading
