I worked with two young women translators. One died and the other received a death threat from the Taliban.
The most dangerous thing I've ever encountered was a run-in with Boko Haram around 2007 in a small town in Nigeria. I got caught along with the photo… - Eliza Griswold
The most dangerous thing I've ever encountered was a run-in with Boko Haram around 2007 in a small town in Nigeria. I got caught along with the photo…
- Eliza Griswold
Poetry allows me to write about what I don't know, whereas journalism demands a higher level of certainty to be worthy of being written. - Eliza Griswold
Poetry allows me to write about what I don't know, whereas journalism demands a higher level of certainty to be worthy of being written.
If we were to see Western landay poems, we'd see them out of disenfranchised populations, maybe out of the legacy of slavery. Spirituals, rap music -… - Eliza Griswold
If we were to see Western landay poems, we'd see them out of disenfranchised populations, maybe out of the legacy of slavery. Spirituals, rap music -…
The truth is, terrorism flourishes in places of injustice rather than in places of poverty. - Eliza Griswold
The truth is, terrorism flourishes in places of injustice rather than in places of poverty.
I worked with two young women translators. One died and the other received a death threat from the Taliban. - Eliza Griswold
If we think about folk forms, they belong to disenfranchised people, people who have not been allowed access to the poetry of literature or the leisu… - Eliza Griswold
If we think about folk forms, they belong to disenfranchised people, people who have not been allowed access to the poetry of literature or the leisu…
In most of the world, poetry has such a different reputation than it does in Western culture. - Eliza Griswold
In most of the world, poetry has such a different reputation than it does in Western culture.
Seeing the Afghan women in their burqas, it's easy to say, "Well, they're not as fully aware as I am, so why do I have to worry so much about their p… - Eliza Griswold
Seeing the Afghan women in their burqas, it's easy to say, "Well, they're not as fully aware as I am, so why do I have to worry so much about their p…
You can't be wrong in journalism. Take a wrong turn in journalism, and you are writing fiction. You can take a wrong turn in poetry, and something wo… - Eliza Griswold
You can't be wrong in journalism. Take a wrong turn in journalism, and you are writing fiction. You can take a wrong turn in poetry, and something wo…
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