Helen Klonaris at new Bahamian blog The Gaulin Wife [1] is concerned that “two young poets are being investigated by the police because of the alleged sexual content of their poetry”, saying: “If the police are investigating poets and poetry, it is because they can: we as a society have agreed not to question authority…the intrusion of police into the poet's work, into the poem, is a serious human rights violation.”
Bahamas: Policing Poetry
· Written by Janine Mendes-Franco
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