A profound chronicle of poetic defiance, where verse serves as a final sanctuary for truth and a formidable weapon against the shadows of power."
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An Uprising of Words
By Kraiwan Sidafong
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Where Verse Becomes a Beacon of Defiance and Change
In the annals of human struggle, history is often written in steel and blood. Yet, there exists a formidable power—one seemingly fragile, composed of mere syntax and breath: the Poem. Those who forge these verses, the poets, occupy a unique station. As Nâzım Hikmet so poignantly observed:
"The poet does not have a different personality when he writes than when he talks or fights. A poet is not a degenerate dreaming that he is flying in the clouds, he is a citizen, engaged in life, organizing life."
An Uprising of Words is a profound chronicle of poets from the shadowed corners of global history—voices from Tunisia, Syria, Turkey, Ukraine, Pakistan, North Korea, China, Australia, and the United States. These are the narrators of the overlooked, whose struggles offer a visceral testament to the human spirit.
The common thread binding these poets is their role as the vanguard of the people. They wield the poem as a weapon of resistance, a vessel for the stifled cries of the oppressed, and a mirror to the fates they endure. Their legacies reveal the latent potency of language—the power to ignite a literal and spiritual "uprising" and the undeniable truth that words possess the sovereignty to alter the course of history.
- - Contents - -
1. An Uprising of Words: The Arab Spring
2. Nizar Qabbani: When I Say I Love You
3. Nâzım Hikmet: As Long as the Heart Endures
4. Sherko Bekas: Love, Nature, and Liberty
5. Serhiy Zhadan: The Anti-Imperialist
6. Poets of the Grassroots: Verses from Pakistan
7. Tsering Woeser: Dissent in the Land of the Dragon
8. Liao Yiwu: The Outcast of China
9. The Refugee’s Cry: Literature from North Korea
10. Jang Jin-sung: Chronicler of Cruelty
11. Oodgeroo Noonuccal: The Aboriginal Voice
12. Joy Harjo: Voice of the Native Americans
13. Sherman Alexie: The Fire Kindler
14. Langston Hughes: The Bard of Freedom
15. Humberto Ak'abal: The Singer upon the Tree
▪️Format : Paperback
▪️Piyavit Tepumnuaysakul : Editor
▪️Designed by ● SM STUDIO | Chirawat Rotaim ●
▪️Published : September 2024
▪️Length : 320 pages
▪️ISBN : 978-616-562-068-0
▪️Dimensions (cm) : 16.5 x 16
▪️Price : 380 THB
