Well that she is one of the most important living poets from the United States. Shes from new york shes 77 years old with garion jewish roots lives in massachusetts now is also a professor of english at Yale University she has also won the Pulitzer Prize in 1993 and the National Book award in 2014 for a collection what iris yeah and shes the 1st american to win this prize since up in 2016 but you know he was a musician. Only 4 years ago lets talk a little bit about the prize itself so the jury that decides who gets this prize is the Swedish Academy its swedish literature experts living in sweden which i mean yes right now in the last years theyve theyve talked about maybe expanding their view of the world a little bit how they made good on that promise what is what is the signal what signal are they sending with louise clerk here 1st of all the importance of poetry beside of all that. They really promise and the last is to expand their horizons trying to be more global less european mo
Betrayal. When something a find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. And i can remember when it would flood one time in the fall and then one time in the spring you know a break up and now i mean already 3 times this year they said you know when people get nervous about the flooding of their houses and needing to stay in school or even getting out of new top because theyre worried about that kind of stuff and just these last 2 storms have taken so much away you know he went measured the last couple storms in their wake it knocked off 1020 feet in 11 day yeah and so theres more journals i have to do journalism students in iraq and the kids read the journals about their worries about the floods but i dont think arousing catch on fire even if our house what it was the very next thing they all wrote on their own was our outlet it we would grab and they got some of the box of pictures by the door and. Its like theyve saved up your sleeve and stressing about it moment
Our ass flooded we would grab and they got some of the box of pictures by the door and. So. Theyve obviously been stressing about it my lack of. Things hard. What are you. A burglar. Was. My 1st year here which was 15 years ago. I thought. You see these commercials you know and helping other countries and im thinking look at this place. And why isnt there commercial to help the people here like theres not Running Water in the houses and and theres you know the so they still have this honey look at system they have to haul their water like this is not america anymore you know not the america i grew up in this is like wow. Newtok is a very strong. Community with their language and their culture and theres insistence its really strong here still and thats a good thing but worst Case Scenario my fear is that a couple of houses are lost families or are displaced and have to move to other communities or bethel with other family members and that yeah this that that new village doesnt get buil
On the Iranian Nuclear issue and hes not qualified to call for a rapid resumption of sanctions by the Security Council as i have repeatedly recalled the u. S. Unilaterally ceased participation in the j. C. B. Away by president ial memorandum on the 8th of may 28th and has subsequently not participated in any j c p o a related activities he cannot therefore be considered to be a participant state for the purposes of possible sanctions not backed foreseen by the resolution in the International Community it seems like almost a consensus that the Iran Nuclear Deal should remain intact however washington has pulled out of the deal and they seem to be almost standing alone at this point in their call to reimpose sanctions and to essentially escalate tensions with the islamic republic. Life from moscow this is our to international if youd like to delve deeper into any of those stories to find some time to check out our team dot com well worth some of your scrolling time today by for. The worl
North and south America Today slavery is illegal in every country on the planet but the truth is slavery did not die in the 19th century it is alive it is thriving and it is bigger than ever. India is one of the worlds Fastest Growing economies. An economic boom has brought with it new wealth and consumers. But india also has the knowledge of number of slaves in the world. And in addition to poverty and desperation the new prosperity has brought in its wake and new scene of slate. Bright traffic. But the parthenon why nasa planned out that life got that. Turn that it was my. Father then to undergo but. He said that as ive been here. We got a new company but so do plenty i mean my job i think. But a lot more to get in return. So the past 20 years bright traffic has have preyed on vulnerable young women from indias vast rural hinterland promising to deliver them into a traditionally arranged marriage but in reality selling them over and over into a life of sexual slavery and forced labor