Excerpts from Greater Boston #WritersResist Protest
153 views · Published 17 January 2017 · 13:58 · Indexed 4 October 2026
Channel: GBH News · 2017 · News & Politics
Only days before Donald Trump becomes president, American poets and writers gathered around the country this weekend for what they called a "counter-inaugural demonstration" against the new Trump administration. Local writers gathered at the Boston Public Library to read historic and contemporary pieces on democracy and free speech. Readers include Rob Arnold, Laura van den Berg, Michelle Garcia, Krysten Hill, Richard Hoffman, Helen Elaine Lee, Jennifer De Leon, Marianne Leone, Michael Lowenthal, Alma Richeh, Jabari Asim, Liana Asim, James Carroll, Martha Collins, Kofi Dadzie, Martín Espada, Danielle Legros Georges, Jennifer Haigh, Giles Li, Fred Marchant, Dale Peterson, Marta Rivera, and Alexis Rizzuto.
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