Justin Eggen is a U.S. Marine Corps combat veteran, poet and graduate student at Florida Atlantic University. Thinking about his time in the war makes it hard for Justin Eggen to sleep. So he writes ...
When Michael Freiling was a high-schooler in San Francisco, his teacher made the obviously absurd claim that Japanese Americans had been rounded up and imprisoned during World War II. Just because of ...
For decades, the Democratic Republic of the Congo has endured almost continuous wars. By some estimates, they have become the ...
The Bourne Chair in Poetry at Georgia Tech, Kaminsky's poem, “We Lived Happily During the War,” went viral after Russia invaded Ukraine earlier this year. The Odessa-born poet talks about his loved ...
A large volume of around 180 poems called “Weaned on War: The Collected Poems of Eugene Platt” now is available as a $25 paperback, published by Ireland-based Revival Press, and a $5 Kindle ebook. The ...
On Friday night, the lights in CURRENT ArtSpace + Studio dimmed as mezzo-soprano singer Fleur Barron and other instrumentalists sat in a semicircle. The audience, a crowd of adults and students, sat ...
San Diego author, all Rihanna bar was born in Shiraz, Iran, and grew up during the throes of the Iran, Iraq war. She moved to the United States at the age of 14. She has dedicated her life to refugees ...
Lindsey Hilsum is an award-winning correspondent with Britain’s Channel 4 News who has contributed to the News Hour with reports from Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and more. Her new book, "I ...
With verses that capture the raw emotions of the war and resonate deeply with the population, Ukrainian poets have emerged as some of the country’s most influential voices. By Constant Méheut and ...