Further thoughts on the cultural labor of poetry and art. Not merely "is it good?," but "what has it accomplished?"...reviews of recent poetry collections; selected poems and art dealing with war/peace/social change; reviews of poetry readings; links to political commentary (particularly on conflicts in the Middle East); youtubed performances of music, demos, and other audio-video nuggets dealing with peaceful change, dissent and resistance.
Saturday, November 3, 2007
Suheir Hammad's "We Lay in Bed on the Fourth of July"/We Got Work to Do
We got work to do. There are many reasons why I've slowed in my comments on such pieces as these, but everything that dies...someday comes back.
No comments:
Post a Comment