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Huddled masses? Losers!
From: "Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2017 11:41:46 -0400
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From: "Guardian Members" <info () mail theguardian com> Date: August 11, 2017 at 11:01:10 AM EDT To: <farber () gmail com> Subject: Huddled masses? Losers! Reply-To: "Guardian Members" <reply-fed116737c64047d-2652_HTML-3373739-1058977-7 () mail theguardian com> Hello What sort of poem would President Trump like to see at the base of the Statue of Liberty? That is the question the Guardian posed to 21 American poets after a furor erupted over the celebrated Emma Lazarus poem engraved at the statue pedestal. Last week, President Trump threw his support behind a “merit”-based immigration policy that would would drastically curb legal immigration to America. The proposal triggered a spat at a White House press briefing when CNN’s Jim Acosta asked Trump adviser Stephen Miller if the plan violated the spirit of the Lazarus poem, The New Colossus, that includes the celebrated welcoming lines: “Give me your tired, your poor, / Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” On the heels of the incident, the Guardian asked a group of American poets – from the Pulitzer prize winner Rita Dove to the Inuit poet Joan Naviyuk Kane – to imagine in writing what Trump would like to put on the Statue. We also gave the poets the option to write a contemporary take on the Lazarus poem. You can read the extraordinary collection of work they produced on a short deadline here. We’d also like to invite our members and readers to join the Guardian’s Lady Liberty poetry challenge. We’ll publish a selection of our favorite reader-submitted poems. You can read more about how to enter here. Thank you again for your support. Sincerely, Jane Spencer Deputy Editor Guardian US Prefer to view this email in your browser? Click here. Have a question? Email: membershipsupport () theguardian com You are receiving this email as part of your Guardian Members service. Click here if you do not wish to receive Guardian membership emails from Guardian News and Media. Guardian News & Media Limited - a member of Guardian Media Group PLC. Registered Office: Kings Place, 90 York Way, London, N1 9GU. Registered in England No. 908396
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