Great Regulars: What is the purpose of Kwanzaa?

It started out in the black nationalist community as an alternative lifestyle. It was an enforcement of African values and culture. Today, it's more accepted in the mainstream. When you go to the store, you'll see Kwanzaa items next to the Christmas and Hanukkah decorations. That's a major achievement. I even see white people celebrating it now.

from E. Ethelbert Miller: Examiner: The 3-minute interview

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E. Ethelbert Miller: How do you wish people to respond to Cut Loose the Body.

Rose Marie Berger: Umberto Eco wrote: "Under torture you say not only what the inquisitor wants, but also what you imagine might please him, because a bond (this, truly, diabolical) is established between you and him." We are hoping that the poems in this collection establish a different kind of bond between the reader and those who are held without trial and subjected to inhuman interrogation techniques.

from E. Ethelbert Miller: Foreign Policy in Focus: Fiesta!: The Poetics of Botero's Abu Ghraib Paintings

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[by E. Ethelbert Miller]
Panama

from E. Ethelbert Miller: Beltway Poetry Quarterly: Split This Rock: Poems of Provocation & Witness

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