Geography is Irrelevant by #Sappho In placing our present crises

In placing our present crises in the context of an imaginative past

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saltarello-style and stylish also with it

unblinkingly

Manuel Forcano

Geography is Irrelevant by #Sappho In placing our present crisesLockdown: It has been a bizarre trade off, eh? Performers are vampires: we feed off audiences, but now, without live crowds, are blessed with access to all new open mics; all new audiences, even if only in the two dimensions of Zoom. These are strange times. So much is lost, and yet, the things we've gained are precious. We have assembled poems and prose drawn from attendees to York Spoken Word, Fire & Dust, and Wordspace. The York open mic has