{"product_id":"liberation-isbn-9780807000274","title":"Liberation","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn exploration of freedom by some of the world’s most celebrated poets, published for the seventieth anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi camps\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe year 2015 marks the seventieth anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps and the conclusion of the Second World War. But around the world, oppressed and imprisoned people are still longing for freedom and asking, “What does it mean to be free?” This collection of poems explores that question.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn honor of this anniversary, some of the world’s top contemporary voices—including \u003cb\u003eRita Dove, Robert Pinsky, Jay Parini, Yusef Komunyakaa, Agi Mishol, Tsering Woeser, Han Dong, Ernesto Santana, and Richard Blanco\u003c\/b\u003e—have written poems on the theme of liberation as it inspires them personally and creatively. Nearly all of their poems are published for the first time in this volume.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe result is an artistic representation of the universal yearning for freedom from twenty-five countries—and countless stories of oppression, imprisonment, and liberation. Here are Afghan women writing in secret, Tibetan and Cuban dissidents, memories and hopes inspired by topics from Fergusson to the Middle East, from illness to spirituality to joy in nature. This collection demonstrates the power of art to heal and to bring attention to freedom as a universal human right.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLyrical, uplifting, contemplative, sometimes angry, sometimes hopeful, always masterful, these are enduring poems to enrich and inspire.\u003ci\u003eForeword: A Matter of Spirit\u003c\/i\u003e, by Ha Jin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntroduction: Liberation\u003c\/i\u003e, by Mark Ludwig\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART I\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e“so they might know what liberation is”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRichard Hoffman, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn Being Asked to Write a Poem on the Theme of Liberation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJulie Carr, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAfter Liberation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSalman Masalha, Arab, Israel\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Song About the Child\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFady Joudah, Palestinian American, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibretto\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfaa Michael Weaver, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAfter Ferguson, in Culver City Studios\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohn Skoyles, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFirst Drink\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJay Parini, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Last Resort\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLuljeta Lleshanaku, Albania\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Unknown\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOliver De La Paz, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDancing “fancy”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMark Yakich, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFlight\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART II\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e“We are the drums of our ancestors’ hearts”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRita Dove, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSketch for Terezín\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRichard Berengarten, England\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChild Survivor’s Testimony\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnita Endrezze, Native American\/European, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLegacy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRobert Pinsky, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePoem of Disconnected Parts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDiane Glancy, Cherokee, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHorse-Fly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYang Jian, China\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLament\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlan Shapiro, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMoon Landing 1969\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJosé Antonio Mazzotti, USA\/Peru\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeath by Fire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKirmen Uribe, Spain\/Basque Country\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReading About Terezín\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eC. K. Williams, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Foundation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART III\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e“No country Untouched”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRita Dove, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTrayvon-Redux\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeena Alexander, USA\/India\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMoksha\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEsther Belin, Diné (Navajo), USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Account of a Recent Travel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRichard M. Berlin, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Fisherman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTina Chang, USA\/China\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e276\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKwame Dawes, Ghana\/Jamaica\/USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn Waiting\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTsering Wangmo Dhompa, Tibetan American, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlphabets to a Home\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCarol Dine, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDoaa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnita Endrezze, Native American\/European, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThere Is No Cure for MS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInga Gaile, Latvia\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRoad\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJamaal May, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFBI Questioning During the 2009 Presidential Inauguration\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAaron Samuels, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOctober After Mike Brown’s Death\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e(Anonymous) Afghan Women Poets\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLandays\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYermiyahu Ahron Taub, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRefugees from Little League\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTsering Woeser, Tibet\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTraces of the Tibetan Year of the Rat\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART IV\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e“a ghost of gunmetal drones overhead”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDan Beachy-Quick, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePoem\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarilyn Chin, Chinese American, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMemorial Haibun\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKwame Dawes, Ghana\/Jamaica\/USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDe-Mobbed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJiri Dedecek, Czech Republic\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Lament for Military Secretaries\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIlya Kaminsky, USA\/Ukraine\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMomma Galya Armolinskaya\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJay Parini, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Morning in a Time of War\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYusef Komunyakaa, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTina Chang, USA\/China\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhen Every Story Begins With Wolf\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART V\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e“Death sails into the gilded ballroom in purple satin”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMilan Richter, Slovakia\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiberation—and Return?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlmog Behar, Israel\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThose Who Return to Him Empty\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRichard Blanco, Cuban American, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLeaving Limerick in the Rain: A Letter to Ireland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMaria Negroni, Argentina\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOratorio\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYang Jian, China\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEmpty Garden\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLuljeta Lleshanaku, Albania\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople Can Tolerate Everything...\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNick Makoha, England\/Uganda\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Dark\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAgi Mishol, Israel\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNo Casualties Reported\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRobert Pinsky, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSamurai Song\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLloyd Schwartz, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLa Valse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfaa Michael Weaver, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEmancipation, a Remembrance\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMary J. Bang, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOne Photograph of a Rooftop\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRita Dove, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOrders of the Day\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART VI\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e“Speak when broken”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlmog Behar, Israel\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTake This Poem and Copy It\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAli Cobby Eckermann, Yankunytjatjara Australia\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Empty Cot\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJoan Hutton Landis, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAutobiography\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAgi Mishol, Israel\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMother Tongue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMyriam Moscona, Mexico\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ewhat it was\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMark Yakich, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFor My Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART VII\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e“think of the trapped wren”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlmog Behar, Israel\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDoes Grace\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarilyn Chin, Chinese American, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBamboo, the Dance\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGillian Clarke, Welsh\/British, UK\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFree as a Bird\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXue Di, USA\/China\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRadiation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAli Cobby Eckermann, Yankunytjatjara Australia\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTjulpu\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKatie Ford, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGood Morning\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFanny Howe, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eClouds\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWang Ping, Chinese American, USA\u003cbr\u003eConfessions of a Ruby-throat\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTade Ipadeola, Nigeria\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSongbird\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJustin Quinn, Ireland\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRegreen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART VIII\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e“towards a promised freedom”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrancisco X. Alarcón, Chicano, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLong Live Life!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJulie Carr\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA fourteen-line poem on independent study\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSuzanne Lummis, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHazel McCausland Lummis at the Arc de Triomphe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdrian Matejka, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSoundtrack for Leaving Earth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHan Dong, China\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStory\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRichard Hoffman, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWang Ping, Chinese American, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSonnets from the River in Our Blood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eErnesto Santana, Cuba\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Day of Light\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDunya Mikhail, Iraqi American, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAma-ar-gi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMary Kimani, Kenya\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFree, Free, Free\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark Ludwig \u003c\/b\u003eis the founding executive director of the Terezín Music Foundation (TMF), dedicated to preserving and performing the musical legacy of composers imprisoned in the Terezín concentration camp and all artists lost in the Holocaust. By commissioning new works of composers and poets, TMF strives to fill the silence these great artists left and to use their legacy as a vehicle promoting dialogue and freedom of expression. Mark lives in Boston, where he is also a member of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.","brand":"Beacon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302295228645,"sku":"NP9780807000274","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780807000274.jpg?v=1767731393","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/liberation-isbn-9780807000274","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}