Leonard Peltier Free At Last
Finally, President Biden commuted the life sentence of Indigenous elder and activist Leonard Peltier. Finally. This is what the Dutch Newspaper Leeuwarder courant wrote on 12-10-1987:
5th Poetry Downtown Festival celebrates John Trudell
Press Release In 2021, Dutch artist Erik van Loon gifted America a poetry festival to celebrate his 50th birthday. It began as a two-hour poetry reading dedicated to the life and work of Kenneth Patchen on a beach in Los Angeles. Four years later, Erik slowly transformed his annual birthday celebration into a literary pilgrimage,…
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Newsletter Januari 2025
Leave your email in the footer if you want to register for our newsletter This March 11 till 24, the Poetry Cab, will visit 164 independent bookstores, public libraries and universities in 40 big urban cities and small rural towns between Omaha and San Jose (see www.poetrycab.com/omaha-san-jose) to find poets and venues for our 5th Poetry…
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John Trudell – What It Means To Be A Human Being
The Women’s Building, San Francisco, March 15, 2001 At March 15, 2001, Maria Gilardin had a talk with John Trudell at TUC aka Time of Useful Consciousness. Part 1 Part 2 At https://ratical.org/many_worlds/JohnTrudell/HumanBeing.html you can read the transcript
Ina Coolbrith at the Poetry Walk
aaaarrrrgggghhhhh I bought a first signed edition of Ina Coolbrith poetry collection Songs From The Golden Gate. It is my most expensive book by far. Really I don’t have the money but how often you can get a hand on a signed Coolbrith. It was an unique opportunity and I couldn’t refuse. Poetry Walk – Listen To UsDuring…
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Two great John Trudell speeches
In 1980, one of the largest gatherings of Indigenous peoples and their allies took place at Paha Sapa. At this event, John Trudell delivered his iconic “We Are Power” speech. https://podbay.fm/p/the-red-nation-podcast/e/161920531. Twenty-five years later, we gather in once more to reflect on and explore its deeper meaning. see We Are Power Dissected. In 10/10/1994 John…
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I just bought my flight and booked my camper
On March 11, I will drive from Omaha to San Jose in order to find poets, musicians, independent bookstore, public libraries, musea and other venues for our 5th Poetry Downtown Festival. I will stop in the following cities:NebraskaMarch 11 OmahaMarch 12 Lincoln, Hastings, Holdrege and McCookColoradoMarch 13 Fort Morgan, DenverMarch 14 DenverMarch 15 Fraser-Winter Park,…
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