Tag: word travels
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A Recipe For A Killer Night: Reviewing Word Travels’ Multilingual Poetry Slam
By Zara Khan and Jordan Daly Photos by Ansel Wakamatsu Sauce: Performances by four local poets: Onur Karaozbek, (UNSW’s very own!) Albert Lin, Fayroze Lutta and Hasitha Adhikariarachchi. Three words to set the scene: politics, culture and identity. Three minutes for each performance. A language other than English (featured languages included Mandarin, Turkish, German,…
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In Conversation with Miles Merrill: Chicagoan, Performing Writer and Creative Director of Word Travels
By Zara Khan and Jordan Daly Miles Merrill is many things. A writer. A performer. A performing writer. An African-American. A mentor. The Creative Director of Word Travels in Sydney. He brought poetry slams to Sydney, and his work touches on society, class and race and has been performed worldwide. Tharunka caught up…