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—from Poets Respond
July 19, 2020
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Elya Braden: “When I read about protestors in Hong Kong being arrested for handing out blank paper, and the consequences of art being stripped from walls and books from libraries, I thought, ‘As I writer, I’ve often been terrified of the blank page, but what do the police have to fear?’ It reminded me of the thought police in the novel 1984.” (web)
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