In Protest: 150 Poems for Human Rights

In Protest: 150 Poems for Human Rights is an anthology of new poetry exploring human rights and social justice themes. This collection, a collaboration between the Human Rights Consortium at the School of Advanced Study, University of London, and the Keats House Poets, brings together writing that is often very moving, frequenly touching, and occasionally humorous. The 150 poems included here come from over 16 countries, and provide a rare insight into experiences of oppression, discrimination, and dispossession - and yet they also offer strong messages of hope and solidarity. This anthology brings you contemporary works that are truly outstanding for both their human rights and poetic content. Arranged across thirteen themes - Expression, History, Land, Exile, War, Children, Sentenced, Slavery, Women, Regimes, Workers, Unequal, and Protest - you will fi nd within this collection a poem that inspires and engages you.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0957521030
• ISBN13: 9780957521032
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: University of London Press
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"