Richard Cambridge is a former Boston Slam Champion, whose Fern Hill Records recording, “The Cigarette Papers” has led to national television and radio appearances as well as one man shows in major Boston theatres. An Allen Ginsberg Poetry Contest winner in 1993, he has published in such journals as Red Tree, Paterson Literary Review, Heartland Journal and Asheville Poetry Review. He currently lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he is working on a long poetic opera entitled Pulsa. “From the Belly of the Beast” is from !EMBARGO!, a dramatic mural of poetry, music and dance that brings to awareness the devastating effects of the 37-year U.S. economic blockade of Cuba. The troupe, “Singing with the Enemy,” is co-founded by Richard Cambridge. They have been invited by ICAP, Cuba’s Institute of Friendship with the Nations, to perform in Havana for the Cuba-U.S. Friendship Conference.
Newton Smith Sally Buckner Welsh Patrick Bizzaro Ron Rash Essay Ryan G. Van Cleave Russian Eugenio Montale Phebe Davidson Bill Knott Luke Hankins Jack Hirschman Simon Perchik Thomas Rain Crowe Spanish Marilyn Kallet Al Maginnes Dede Wilson Lyn Lifshin Janice Moore Fuller Robert Bly Patricia Smith Review Jonathan Greene Quincy Troupe Gaylord Brewer Hungarian Emmanuel Moses Michael Harper Jeffery Beam Lee Ann Brown Robert Creeley Jonathan Williams Rene Char William Matthews J. W. Bonner Stella Vinitchi Radulescu Kathryn Stripling Byer Thomas P. Feeny R. T. Smith Marilyn Hacker Keith Flynn Gearóid Mac Lochlainn Emöke Z. B’Racz