Waving the flag: why poetry has a big role to play in political protest
Poetry is not a weapon, but it can be a flag that unites. That was the view of leading Ukrainian poet Serhiy Zhadan, speaking at an English PEN event, Is poetry the strongest form of protest? on Sunday during the Southbank Centre’s four-day Poetry International. Zhadan, who was beaten up by pro-Russia demonstrators earlier this year after he refused to kiss the Russian flag, also argued that a bad...
27th July 2014
