On 13 September, English PEN launched ‘Poems for Pussy Riot‘ in support of three members of the Russian punk band - Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alyokhina and Yekaterina Samutsevich – who are currently serving a two year prison sentence. A poem of mine, 'Vaginaland,' is part of this project, and you can read it over here. There are a lot of fantastic poems going up on the website between now and 1st October by people I admire greatly: Ali Smith, Deborah Levy, Sophie Mayer and many others. The poems are being translated into Russian, and will be sent to the girls in prison.
Excellent project. Will keep returning. BTW I am launching slight protest about new Waterstones new events policy. Might like to stop by http://carolhedges.blogspot.com. Check out the comments. Very illuminating. Oh - and if you scroll down, you can feed the fish!
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