poetry
‘Songs in Dark Times’: Yiddish poets engage mid-20th century crises and traumas
October 1, 2021What do we even mean when we use a simple word like “we?” We Jews? We survivors? We anti-fascists? We people of social conscience? We humans?
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Paulo Freire, world educator, on his centennial—with a bonus Freire poem
September 22, 2021Because he is so admired outside of Brazil, Paulo Freire is sometimes revered for the wrong reasons.
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‘The Hill We Climb’: A new music film of Amanda Gorman’s poem
August 31, 2021The piece is inspired by and is set to the poem of the same name by American poet and activist Amanda Gorman, which she powerfully recited at the presidential inauguration in January 2021.
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Amanda Gorman: A vital new voice of the struggle
June 28, 2021This book should be in the library of every family in this nation and beyond.
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Hilton Obenzinger’s ‘Witness 2017-2020’: Witness for the prosecution
June 2, 2021'Witness 2017-2020' is a powerful work from the heart and mind, a chronicle of the Trump and Plague Years.
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