Arthur Symons – The Crying Water

“And the heart shall be weary and wonder and cry like the sea”

Denise Jolly – The Ritual

“You’re better than a story about what not to do”

Susan Briante – 13 Questions for the Next Economy

“What metaphor can I use to describe the children sleeping in cages in detention centers? Birds pushed fenceward by a breeze?”

Joyce Mansour – Je Veux Dormir Avec Toi

“Je veux dormir avec toi dos à dos Sans haleine pour nous séparer”

Tom Sleigh – Youth

“But I came here to do a story on soldiers and how they keep watching out for death and manage to fight and die without going crazy”

Richard Blanco – Como tú

“Como tú, I question history’s blur in my eyes each time I face a mirror”