Futures: Poetry of the Greek Crisis - a podcast by Free Word

From Grexit to Troika, the ongoing crisis in Greece has spawned a whole new vocabulary and dominated newspaper headlines for over five years. Now, a powerful and timely anthology offers a poetic reply to the social and economic disaster which still threatens to overturn the whole European project.

Times of protest and political upheaval have always inspired poets and artists; and beyond the headlines, elections and debt agreements, a powerful Greek literary movement has been stirring. 'Futures: Poetry of the Greek Crisis' introduces a new generation of writers inspired to highlight the plight of a country in a continual state of emergency.

Theodoros Chiotis, Editor of this powerful collection, exciting new voices in Greek poetry and special guests read and discussed the anthology at Free Word Centre, London's international centre for literature, literacy and free speech. The event was chaired by Maria Margaronis.

This event took place at Free Word Centre on Friday 13 November 2015.

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