"How a Dillingham Teen Turned an Ancient Epic Poem into a Rap"
"When Wassily got the assignment to create something new based on the ancient text, he went right to work. 'Not even a day after—like right after school—I got to work producing a beat, a good rhythm, like a fast-paced rhythm for what I'm going to be doing,' he said. 'Cause that's what I'm most comfortable on.' Wassily said he drew inspiration from some of his favorite artists, like Denzel Curry, XXXTentacion and Zillakami."
via ALASKA PUBLIC MEDIA |
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What Sparks Poetry:
A Short List of Books Ilya Kaminsky Loved in 2021
"Jerzy Ficowski is perhaps best known for saving Bruno Schulz's legacy for us. The fact that he is also a great Polish poet in his own right is relatively unknown in the US. But Everything I Don't Know changes that. Jennifer Grotz and Piotr Sommer's translations are a masterwork of clarity and precision." |
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