Nov 16 Watch Syrian Civilians, Caught in Middle of Civil War, ‘Feel Abandoned’ by the West Syrian Civilians, Caught in Middle of Civil War, 'Feel Abandoned' by the West… Continue watching
Nov 14 Austerity Protests Grip Europe By News Desk Transportation in parts of Europe was at a standstill Wednesday as strikers forced the cancellation of hundreds of flights and many train routes in Spain and Portugal. Demonstrators railed against government cuts in major cities across the… Continue reading
Nov 12 Weekly Poem: ‘The Role of Elegy’ Mary Jo Bang is the author of several books of poetry, including most recently a translation of Dante's "Inferno" (2012), "The Bride of E" (2009) and "Elegy" (2007), which won the National Book Critics Circle award. Continue reading
Nov 09 Thousands of Syrians Cross Into Turkish Border Town By News Desk As members of Syria's opposition met in Doha, Qatar, on Friday, thousands of Syrians were ducking under barbed wire and braving tank patrols to seek refuge in neighboring Turkey. The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees reported Friday that… Continue reading
Nov 05 Booming Business is Tragedy for Gravediggers of Aleppo EmbedVideo(4884, 482, 304); Video shot and edited by Toby Muse. For those resting in Aleppo's cemetery, Syria's violence is now over. The graveyard is a rare spot of peace -- as if both the rebels and the army see… Continue reading
Nov 05 Weekly Poem: ‘Never Seen’ Hoa Nguyen studied poetics at New College of California in San Francisco. The author of eight books and chapbooks, she teaches poetics in a private workshop and at Ryerson University. Wave Books published her third full-length collection of poems, "As… Continue reading
Oct 29 Weekly Poem: ‘A.M.’ Nick Norwood's third full volume of poems, "Gravel and Hawk," won the Hollis Summers Prize in Poetry and was published by Ohio University Press in April 2012. His other books are "A Palace for the Heart" (2004), "The Soft Blare"… Continue reading
Oct 25 Watch Syrian Civil War Threatens Destruction, Looting of Ancient Aleppo Heritage Syrian Civil War Threatens Destruction, Looting of Ancient Aleppo Heritage… Continue watching
Oct 22 Weekly Poem: ‘Redemption Song’ Kevin Young is Atticus Haygood Professor of Creative Writing and English and Curator of Literary Collections and the Raymond Danowski Poetry Library at Emory University. He is the author of seven books of poetry, including "Ardency: A Chronicle of the… Continue reading
Oct 15 Watch Rebels Choose to Work with Jihadists to Expedite Assad Ouster Rebels Choose to Work with Jihadists to Expedite Assad Ouster… Continue watching