Conversation: "I felt that the critique that I was getting was that I needed to make this a book that made sense to white people, or at least to my white editors."
(Scalawag)
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https://scalawagmagazine.org/2021/11/gumbo-ya-ya-aurielle-marie/

Report: "Kazakh dissident Aron Atabek has died less than two months after being released from prison where he had spent 15 years, according to activists and media reports."
(Al Jazeera)
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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/11/25/kazakh-dissident-poet-atabek-dies-from-coronavirus

Report: "It is in a lively neighbourhood of Goma that the group offers a meeting place designed to promote free thinking. Rehearsals and slam sessions are held there every Saturday..."
(Equal Times)
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https://www.equaltimes.org/the-art-of-slam-poetry-as-a-form#.YaRTzWDMLIU

Conversation: "The ability to illuminate or emphasize certain aspects of a narrative is incredibly powerful in creating cultural and political change."
(Mondoweiss)
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https://mondoweiss.net/2021/11/celebrating-poetry-of-the-people-an-interview-with-mohammed-el-kurd/

Review: "Though Chang’s memoir is written in letters, attaching itself to a plot with only the most delicate threads, what emerges is a picture of a woman searching for a way to use words and tangible forms to observe and reshape the world."
(LARB)
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https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/secrets-omissions-the-unknown-on-victoria-changs-dear-memory/