Often Targeted, Politcal Poets Continue To Be Silenced
Throughout history, poets in countries across the Middle East have been jailed, exiled or worse — killed. Unfortunately, this is a continuing trend in the fight against free thought.
Throughout history, poets in countries across the Middle East have been jailed, exiled or worse — killed. Unfortunately, this is a continuing trend in the fight against free thought.
“Mediterranean noir” fiction shows we postmoderns how to take solace in these listless times.
The northern shore of the Mediterranean is often marketed to vacationing outsiders as a modern paradise full of beaches, good food, better wine and a focus on easy living that lures, like the Sirens did Odysseus, tourists by the millions to pre-packaged vacation destinations stretching from Portugal to Greece. Catering to an infinite
Jeffrey Cavanaugh is a Mint Press political analyst and columnist specializing in international relations and US policy. He holds a Ph.D. in International Relations, specializing in International Security and Conflict. He has worked as a political science and public administration lecturer at Mississippi State University. Cavanaugh also writes about farm politics and policy, where his work has appeared in agriculture news publications in Illinois.
The body of renowned Nigerian author Chinua Achebe, who died in March, arrived in Nigeria on Wednesday ahead of his burial in his home state.
The body of renowned Nigerian author Chinua Achebe, who died in March, arrived in Nigeria on Wednesday ahead of his burial in his home state of Anambra. Achebe, whose body arrived from the US, died in Boston at the age of 82 following an illness. Relatives of the