Dr. Ray Hsu World Poetry Featured Poet From Canada!

Dr. Hsu and radio host Alejandro

 Radio Hosts Ariadne Sawyer and Alejandro Mujica-Olea welcomed Dr. Ray Hsu, BC Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver BC to the World  Poetry Cafe Radio Show. Ray featured a powerful  confession performance piece about the recent Vancouver riots.  To see Ray eating his book, with a dash of soy sauce, go to http://thewayofray.com/

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Click here to listen to this amazing show!

The program was dedicated to the memory of  Vera Manuel, World Poetry Lifetime Achievement Award winner in a celebration of National Aboriginal Day, June 21st.

 Ariadne’s opening poem Deciphering The Stones  was written by Richard Doiron for the First National Aboriginal Day  in Moncton New Brunswick, Canada.

 
 

Richard reading June 21, 2011 Moncton

Alejandro’s opening  poemThe Tattooed Man (Pearls From the Soul of a Political Prisoner, World Poetry Publishing  is about a Chilean First Nations man who had been tortured and dumped in Alejandro’s cell during the Pinochet takeover.

The first place poem Capsules for the Women Inspirational Poetry Contest( Oneale http://www.facebook.com/about/login/#!/home.php?sk=group_165246453497486&ap=1) by Hadassah Broscova was also read.

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