Diane di Prima as 5th San Francisco Poet Laureate
Born in Brooklyn, New York in 1934, Diane di Prima lived and wrote in Manhattan for many years, where she became known in the Beat movement and other experimental post-World War II literary and art movements.
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the woman who terrified the British Empire / By Jerome Taylor
A new biography explains how Jind Kaur, last queen of the Punjab, died in Victorian London
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Rafal Olbinski, a surrealist artist
watch the video of his art work
Rafal Olbinski is a surrealist artist, who has become world famous for his posters and designs.
Rafal was born in Poland, and originally trained as an architect in Warsaw. In 1981 he emigrated to the US, where he worked as a painter, illustrator and designer. Since 1985 he has been a professor at the School of Visual Arts in New York.
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Rafal was born in Poland, and originally trained as an architect in Warsaw. In 1981 he emigrated to the US, where he worked as a painter, illustrator and designer. Since 1985 he has been a professor at the School of Visual Arts in New York.
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Idea Vilariño / Uruguayan poet
Translated from Spanish by:Andres Alfaro
He injures me and I bleed on him
He smashes me
I break him
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He injures me and I bleed on him
He smashes me
I break him
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ATAOL BEHRAMOGLU / THERE'S SOMETHING I HAVE LEARNED....
THERE'S SOMETHING I HAVE LEARNED FROM WHAT I'VE LlVED
One should listen to all the beautiful music on earth
So as to fill all his being with sounds and songs
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One should listen to all the beautiful music on earth
So as to fill all his being with sounds and songs
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Paula Piedra / Yes, the American Dream Does Exist
Costa rican poet Paula Piedra has published one book of poetry called Mental Exercises. Below are two of her poems translated from Spanish to English by Andrés Alfaro.
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The first Iranian -American
At the age of 23, Hajj Sayyah embarked on a remarkable journey around the globe that would last for nearly 18 years.
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The Village Well by Sholeh Wolpé
The Village Well
From Rooftops of Tehran
You were children, curious. Something splashed
in the belly of the well and she took your hand, descended
into the mouth opened wide,
step by concrete step down its dark spiral throat.
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Sylvia Plath's son commits suicide: Nicholas Hughes
Nicholas Hughes, son of tragedy-scarred British Poet Ted Hughes and US Poet Sylvia Plath, has killed himself at age 47 years old. "It is with profound sorrow that I must announce the death of my brother, Nicholas Hughes, who died by his own hand on Monday 16th March 2009 at his home in Alaska," his sister Frieda Hughes said in a statement published by The Times of London.
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The US President's Message to the Iranian People
"On the occasion of your New Year, I want you, the people and leaders of Iran, to understand the future that we seek. It's a future with renewed exchanges among our people, and greater opportunities for partnership and commerce. It's a future where the old divisions are overcome, where you and all of your neighbors and the wider world can live in greater security and greater peace."
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The Final Word (Kalame Akhar)/Documentary about Ahamad Shamlou
Showtime: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 @ 07:30 PM
Director: Moslem Mansouri
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Cyclical Hunt by Andrés Alfaro
She is awakening…
Hundreds of robins take wing
The sky is stretching off the sleep
That had paralyzed it
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