Concord Poetry Center

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Date: 2004

Region: North America

Subject: Political/Economic/Social Opinion

Medium: Literature


Artist: G. Tod Slone, Editor The American Dissident, a literary journal 1837 Main St. Concord, MA 01742


Confronting Bodies: G. Tod Slone vs. Joan Houlihan, director, Concord Poetry Center


Dates of Action: October, 2004


Location: Concord, MA, USA


Description of Artwork: Literary Cartoon

The Incident: The poetry director stated: "We welcome dissidents. All the best poets were dissidents. However, I must say that I don't favor having you teach at the center if you protest the reading."

Results of Incident: Somebody protested at the reading and was ostracized for doing so.

Source: www.theamericandissident.org