Odysseas Elytis, the Nobel Prize-winning poet, is regarded as one of Greece’s major poets and an eminent exponent of romantic ...

So when I say, “You are the Boss of Your Poem,” the frisson of freedom that ripples through the group is palpable. “So I ...

But democracy is, at its core, fundamentally an ethical relationship. Even in its most elementary form, elections, democracy ...

The poem reads, in part, “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore.” ...

A version of this story ran in the January / February 2025 issue. Write about the untouchable. Something out of arm’s reach, like freedom, the stars, or you. Write an ode to misfits. A poem of ...

Kenya successfully hosted a special edition of the Freedom Café this week at its Nairobi offices, marking the launch of the poetry collection "We Refuse to Be Victims" by renowned Ugandan poet and ...

Last November, we received the news that İlhan Sami Çomak had finally been granted his freedom—a moment that took many of us ...

“Break then your chains, in love unite, nor seek in foreign lands the sight of things not even found above,” the poem dictates ... “All who believe in freedom and sense the jeopardy ...