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NEWSPEAK

Bas Kwakman
June 28, 2016
Poetry International's 47th edition focused on the theme NEWSPEAK: How do poets interact with ideologically loaded and infected language? What can poets do with Urban Language; language that springs from the blending of cultures and languages, enriched with new uses of language, taken from pop culture and internet?
Poets and special guests offered their view on the matter in several readings and lectures, by lighting out different aspects and giving examples of new directions in poetry. The two thematic focusses were dealt with in separate programs: Frame by Frame and NeuParleNuevo.
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