The most talked-about and successful e-book of recent years is published here for the first time in paperback. "100 Poets Against The War," a trilogy of downloadable electronic chapbooks was first published online on January 27, 2003 and has since made world-wide news from the "LA Times" to the Moscow dailies. This book holds the record for the fastest poetry anthology ever assembled and disseminated; first planned on January 20, 2003 and published in this form on March 3, 2003. The grass-roots appeal of peace poetry has seen this book shared by tens of thousands, and read at peace demonstrations from Seattle to the Middle East. It has spawned French, German and Brazilian versions, and continues to inspire those who oppose a unilateral, US-led strike against the people of Iraq. It marks a moment in the history of resistance to war.
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100 Poets Against The War is a remarkable anthology -- The Guardian
A new lease of life for protest poetry -- The Times
Powerful Poems -- The Cambridge Evening News
A new lease of life for protest poetry -- The Times
Powerful Poems -- The Cambridge Evening News
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The 21st Century's most talked-about and successful ebook has been published in book format by leading international independent literary publisher, Salt Publishing.
100 Poets Against The War started life as a trilogy of ebooks, first published online on January 27, 2003. It made news world-wide, from the LA Times to Moscow dailies. Salt Publishing’s book probably holds the record for the fastest poetry anthology ever assembled and disseminated, as it was first planned on January 20 of this year, barely 6 weeks prior to its date of publication.
More significantly, the grassroots appeal of peace poetry has seen 100 Poets Against the War shared on thousands of web-sites, printed-up tens of thousands of times, and read from at peace demonstrations, from Seattle to Oxford, to the Middle East and the Hyde Park demonstration in London. It has spawned French, German and Brazilian versions, and continues to inspire those who oppose a unilateral, US-led strike against the people of Iraq.It contains a selection of some of the most powerful poems from the thousands of poems submitted by peace protesters across the world and features some of the leading contemporary poets and peace activists, including many award-winning writers. Many of the poems have been written especially for thispeace project and Adrian Mitchell’s To Whom it May Concern was recited at the anti-war demonstration at Hyde Park, London, in February 2003. Salt Publishing has been delighted to support the anti-war movement with the global publication of this popular anthology. This book celebrates peaceful protest by major poets from around the world and we believe it is an historic contribution to protest literature. Profits from the sale of the book will be donated to Amnesty International.
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Too Thin,
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This review is from: 100 Poets Against the War (Salt Modern Poets S.) (Paperback)
The collection has too much spread across too much making it very thin in poetry content. I won't name individual poems as it's all in such good spirit but lines like 'The general his voice calm, his poise almost jovial answers questions shuffling papers he rarely glances at' sum up this collection. There are too many people jumping ahead of themselves trying to find something war-like to talk write about but then forgetting that this is a poetry collection. But maybe it's not. Maybe it's just '100 Poets Against War'
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Preemptive Pieces for Peace,
By Penn Kemp (London, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: 100 Poets Against the War (Salt Modern Poets S.) (Paperback)
Talk about Timely! 100 Poets Against the War is a collective of poets writing about peace from around the world. Todd Swift had the idea and acted fast: within a week, the first edition was up on [web-address]. French, German and Portuguese- speaking editors took up the challenge and collected poems against the war within the next several weeks.You can download the French Poètes contre la guerre from [web-address] and German from [web-address]. In Larry Jaffe's phrase, yes to 'preemptive peace'!
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One of 100 or so,
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This review is from: 100 Poets Against the War (Salt Modern Poets S.) (Paperback)
Dear Folks,I am one of the poets in the book. I was one of the original 100 for the online version. I have been there from the beginning with Todd. I have toured with Todd as part of the Short Fuse tour in UK. Todd is relentless and spirited. He makes no bones about his life, poetry and politics. He chose poets that are "proLIFE" that is desire peace over the bounty of war but will stand up to protect what is right. This is different than simply being against war. It is about being for PEACE and creating that where one goes with words, gestures and one's own example. It is an important differentiation... witness Natalie Handal's poem EVEN one of the best poems I have ever read. Let us move to Even. .. this is a book that can change the world for the better. If a review can influence you to make a purchase than get this book!
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