when auden spoke of a mean & low decade, he had no idea of the resonance of those words...
our hearts & minds go out to gobshite quarterly contributor julie bušić ‡, whose husband zvonko bušić passed away at the beginning of this month. he was given a state funeral, as indeed he was a fierce advocate for croatian independence.
labeled a terrorist in this country, & sentenced to 30 yrs, often in solitary confinement, in this country.
he was sentenced in 1976, & tho eligible for parole in 1979, served significantly more than his sentence, thanks to the vindictiveness of the reagan administration, & shrubya 1's & shrubya 2's cabals—this despite petitions & protestations from the croatian ambassador to the united states, prison staff retirees, & prison chaplain.
‡) her memoir of her experiences, lovers & madmen, was also made into a documentary film
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wp6pqS1-VMU
The New York Times article is here.
our hearts & minds go out to gobshite quarterly contributor julie bušić ‡, whose husband zvonko bušić passed away at the beginning of this month. he was given a state funeral, as indeed he was a fierce advocate for croatian independence.
labeled a terrorist in this country, & sentenced to 30 yrs, often in solitary confinement, in this country.
he was sentenced in 1976, & tho eligible for parole in 1979, served significantly more than his sentence, thanks to the vindictiveness of the reagan administration, & shrubya 1's & shrubya 2's cabals—this despite petitions & protestations from the croatian ambassador to the united states, prison staff retirees, & prison chaplain.
‡) her memoir of her experiences, lovers & madmen, was also made into a documentary film
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wp6pqS1-VMU
The New York Times article is here.
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