Molly Crabapple Reads Guantánamo Diary – “I See His Face”
As part of "Guantánamo Diary: An Evening of Reading and Conversation," Molly Crabapple reads "I See His Face" from Mohamedou Ould Slahi's memoir. More
Eileen Myles Reads Guantánamo Diary – “Great American Sex”
As part of "Guantánamo Diary: An Evening of Reading and Conversation", Eileen Myles reads "Great American Sex" from Mohamedou Ould Slahi's memoir. More
Justin Vivian Bond Reads Guantánamo Diary – “Enemy to Enemy”
As part of "Guantánamo Diary: An Evening of Reading and Conversation," Justin Vivian Bond reads "Enemy to Enemy" from Mohamedou Ould Slahi's memoir. More
Ayana Mathis Reads Guantánamo Diary – “In the Koran
Ayana Mathis reads "In the Koran" from Mohamedou Ould Slahi's memoir Guantanamo Diary. More
Watch: Guantánamo Diary – An Evening of Reading and Conversation
Molly Crabapple, Justin Vivian Bond, John Guare, Ayana Mathis, Eileen Myles, Dina Salah Amer, Andrew Solomon, and Lili Taylor took the stage read from Mohamadou Ould Slahi's Guantánamo Diary.… More
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"Jamestown, Michigan voters opted last Tuesday to defund their library rather than tolerate books by or about #LGBTQ people—not even if the books are in the adult section of the library with a jacket cover 'warning,' not even if the books... have to be requested from a librarian"
“When we write to a prompt—whether it's answering a given question or writing under the constraints of a proposed structure—an alchemy takes place. A prompt bears an invocation to discover the position, flavor, and desire of our response.” Anjali Emsellem. https://www.poetryproject.org/publications/newsletter/269-summer-2022/poems-from-i-am-climbing-the-stairs-that-i-create-with-these-words-all-the-way-to-the-top
Today, Pen America has joined @POMED & 18 other rights orgs to send an open letter to @SecBlinken & @JakeSullivan46 urging them not to provide $300 million in FY2021 military aid to #Egypt in light of the country’s failure to meet human rights conditions. https://pomed.org/joint-letter-biden-administration-should-not-provide-military-aid-to-egypt-in-light-of-egregious-human-rights-violations/
