Poetry Jul 11 Liao Yiwu Howls Against the Chinese Government, Offers Memories of Prison Liao Yiwu was in his early 30s when he was arrested for writing and performing a poem about the brutality of the Tiananmen Square Massacre in 1989. His poem -- simply called "Massacre" -- was an angry, howling rant against…
Arts Jul 10 Watch Liao Yiwu Howls Against the Chinese Government, Offers Memories of Prison Liao Yiwu Howls Against the Chinese Government, Offers Memories of Prison…
Arts Jul 10 Wednesday on the NewsHour: Poet Liao Yiwu Liao Yiwu was in his early 30s when he was arrested for writing and performing a poem about the brutality of the Tiananmen Square Massacre in 1989. A new memoir about his time in prison called "For a Song and… By Tom LeGro, Mary Jo Brooks
Arts Jul 10 Weekly Poem: ‘Massacre’ By Liao Yiwu, Translated by Wenguang Huang (Composed on the morning of June 4, 1989) Dedicated to those who were killed on June 4, 1989 Dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the French Revolution Leap! Howl! Fly! Run! Freedom feels… By Tom LeGro, Mary Jo Brooks