
100,000 Poets for Change By: Laura Winton
Can poetry change the world? Philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre didn’t think poetry had what it took to be considered committed art. Yet, in December/January 1945/46 Andre Breton, one of the founders of the Surrealist movement in Europe, was travelling throughout the Caribbean at the same time revolution broke out in Haiti, a revolution that while not directly caused by Surrealism, certainly was influenced by the politics … Continue reading 100,000 Poets for Change By: Laura Winton