Iranian poet and film-maker Forough Farrokhzad articulated female subjectivity, desire and dissent ~ Bleart Thaçi ~ For generations of Iranian wom…
The resolve to leave this cage
Tag: Poetry
Ethel Carnie Holdsworth: Internationalist poet
An early British anti-fascist, her working-class voice was powerful and unique ~ Megan Williams ~ An internationalist thread went through Ethel Car…
Mainstream publishers are vampires
Mainstream publishers are vampires.
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