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Soyinka, who is a prolific playwright, poet, and novelist, has also been a prominent political activist since he was imprisoned in 1967 after appealing in an article for a ceasefire in the Nigerian civil...
...stripped-down art-rock and Conrad’s avant-classically-influenced drone intersect, especially since Conrad was involved with other rock experimenters like John Cale (of The Velvet Underground) back home. Other stuff: German industrial-noisers Einstuerzende Neubaten’s collaboration with randy no-wave poet Lydia Lunch, Joe Jones’ Fluxus-inspired machine music, Bastard Noise’s divine Japanese tour...
...sponsorship from Square businesses and barged into the Cambridge mayor’s office to ask for support for the event. Without a DJ, members stayed up all night copying music onto tapes for the formal. A combination of luck, connections, and crazy ambition brought the Pulitzer-Prize winning poet Gwendolyn Brooks to the event—ultimately a far greater success than anyone had imagined...
Kumin’s publisher Carol Smith began working with the poet on her 1992 book Poets’ Prize-winning book “Looking for Luck.” Since then, she has worked with Kumin on five other books, including a memoir...
...sees the award as “a fine culmination” of an extensive body of work. Smith has witnessed the development of themes such as family, nature, justice, and activism throughout Kumin’s various written works and describes her as “a fierce poet,” admired by many...