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Poetry Jukebox Curation “The Revolution is in the Heart”

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We are delighted that our @poetryjukebox Curation “The Revolution is in the Heart” has gone live on https://soundcloud.com/user-815416158/sets/irishpen-imprisonedwriters

This entry was posted in Events, NEWS, Uncategorized and tagged Aziz Isa Elkun, Caroline Stockford, Cathal Póirtéir, Catherine Dunne, Evelyn Conlon, Gabriel Rosenstock, Ilhan Sami Çomak, Jonathan Freeman, June Considine, Lia Mills, Liz McManus, Maria McManus, Neil Hegarty, Nidhi Zak, Pádraig Hanratty, Paola Ugaz, Paula Meehan, Perhat Tursun, Poetry Jukebox, Quotidian/Word on the Street, Stephen James Smith, Theo Dorgan, Tishani Doshi, Uyghur writers, Varavara Rao on 24 November, 2021 by Lia Mills.

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