March 5 marked five years since the arrest of Egyptian poet Galal El-Behairy, and yesterday the poet launched a hunger strike, as his supporters said, “to get out of prison alive, or not alive.”Continue Reading
“And yes, Galal’s poetry inspires me. He makes me want to sit at my desk with a stronger spine, be brave with my own writing.”Continue Reading
It ends without an ending, with a familiar stagnation: “distress leaves/ making room for more distress/ and I wait for tomorrow’s date/ to come tomorrow, late.”Continue Reading
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