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من طرف Poems from Guantanamo
"Poems from Guantanamo brings to light figures of concrete, individual
humanity,against the fabric of cruelty woven by the 'war on terror.' The
poems and poets' biographies reveal one dimension of this officially
obscured narrative, from the perspective of the sufferers; the legal and
literary essays provide the context which has produced--under atrocious
circumstances--a poetics of human dignity."--Adrienne Rich
Since 2002, at least 775 men have been held in the U.S. detention center
at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. According to Department of Defense data, fewer
than half of them are accused of committing any hostile act against the
United States or its allies. In hundreds of cases, even the
circumstances of their initial detainment are questionable.
This collection gives voice to the men held at Guantánamo. Available
only because of the tireless efforts of pro bono attorneys who submitted
each line to Pentagon scrutiny, Poems from Guantánamo brings together
twenty-two poems by seventeen detainees, most still at Guantánamo, in
legal limbo.
Poem 1 |
Poem 2 |
Poem 3 |
Poem 4 |
Poem 5 |
Selection of Poems |
Complete Reading of Poems |
"Poems from Guantanamo brings to light figures of concrete, individual
humanity,against the fabric of cruelty woven by the 'war on terror.' The
poems and poets' biographies reveal one dimension of this officially
obscured narrative, from the perspective of the sufferers; the legal and
literary essays provide the context which has produced--under atrocious
circumstances--a poetics of human dignity."--Adrienne Rich
Since 2002, at least 775 men have been held in the U.S. detention center
at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. According to Department of Defense data, fewer
than half of them are accused of committing any hostile act against the
United States or its allies. In hundreds of cases, even the
circumstances of their initial detainment are questionable.
This collection gives voice to the men held at Guantánamo. Available
only because of the tireless efforts of pro bono attorneys who submitted
each line to Pentagon scrutiny, Poems from Guantánamo brings together
twenty-two poems by seventeen detainees, most still at Guantánamo, in
legal limbo.
Poem 1 |
Poem 2 |
Poem 3 |
Poem 4 |
Poem 5 |
Selection of Poems |
Complete Reading of Poems |
