Name: Bearing Witness in Chechnya Entire Event by PEN America
Duration: 1 h 23 min 20 s
Description: Salman Rushdie, Michael Arena, Ann Cooper, Keith Gessen, Tanya Lokshina, and Elena Milashina gather to discuss the life, work, and legacy of the slain Russian journalist at the 2009 event Bearing Witness in Chechnya: The Legacy of Natalia Estemirova.

Amiri Baraka reads “Rhythm Travel” at the 2008 Beyond Margins Celebration.


Amiri Baraka Reads “Rhythm Travel”

Salman Rushdie, Michael Arena, Ann Cooper, Keith Gessen, Tanya Lokshina, and Elena Milashina gather to discuss the life, work, and legacy of the slain Russian journalist at the 2009 event Bearing Witness in Chechnya: The Legacy of Natalia Estemirova.


Bearing Witness in Chechnya Entire Event

The celebrated poet reads the seminal letter of political protest, in which she became the first and only person to date to refuse the highest honor bestowed upon an artist on behalf of the people. Background and discussion: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/05/16/adrienne-rich-national-medal-of-arts-letter/

Adrienne Rich declines the National Medal of Arts, 1997

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Bearing Witness in Chechnya Entire Event

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