Poetry News
The Harriet Books weekly news roundup features a selection of poetry-related news from around the web.
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Mosab Abu Toha released after arrest by Israeli forces as he tried to evacuate from north to south Gaza.
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"We are being slaughtered"—Tariq Luthun in conversation with Gene Demby.
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"If only those fences and walls were dismantled"—Saree Makdisi on the unrelenting Israeli bombardment of Gaza.
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"No more verbally sanitized hellscapes"—Anne Boyer resigns as poetry editor of the New York Times Magazine.
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"Bloodshed does nothing"—At the National Book Awards, finalists call for a ceasefire in Gaza.
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"We deserve life because we are human"—Hundreds of queer Palestinian collectives and allies share an open letter.
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"I cannot ignore the brutal program of annihilation"—Ranjit Hoskote resigns from the Documenta 16 selection committee.
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"Do you have access?"—Writers Against the War on Gaza seeks explanations for biased language in the media.
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"I grant you refuge in knowing"—Hiba Abu Nada, in one of her last poems.
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Fady Joudah on surviving the annihilation.