Ep. 19: Remixing Guantanamo Bay (ft. Phil Metres & Ken Chen)
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Today marks the 18th anniversary of 9/11. We're bringing back our episode from April 9th, 2018 called Remixing Guantanamo Bay where Ken Chen interviews experimental poet Philip Metres. Metres is the author of Sand Opera, the poetry collection that uses redacted texts from Department of Defense manuals for torture sites like Guantanamo Bay to create an aria for the victims of the War on Terror.
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