Song of the Exiled

 You can find Sweet Honey In The Rock's rendition of Alicia Partnoy's poem Song of the Exiled here: http://www.myspace.com/music/<wbr></wbr>player?sid=84498459&ac=now

Partnoy Question

Was it hard for you to reintegrate into normal life/routines after being imprisoned and "dissappeared" for so long? What was the most difficult thing about coming to the United States after you were released from being held in prison by your own country that you had grown up in's military? Did your writing help you heal from the horrific things you saw and went through during your time there?

Partnoy Question

You were able to see through a tiny hole in your blindfold, were you thankful for this or would you have rather not seen what was happening around you? Did the Little School effect your opinions on activism since you were a political prisoner? How has this experience effected your life after the little school?

Partnoy question

In your essay, “Benja’s First Night” you sacrifice your own comfort in order to save Benja from being beaten by the guard. How were you able to keep that sense of compassion and concern for the welfare of others alive in such a horrific place?

Alicia Partnoy - Question from Refugee group

When you hear or read about Holocaust survivors, survivors of the Rwandan genocide, of Darfur, or any of the other incidences of mass torture and killing, what is your reaction? To what extent do you feel that you can relate to other survivors?

Suppose you knew, while you were in the Little School, that a few college students in the United States were following your story and were researching as much as they could about the situation in Argentina. What would you have wanted them to do, if anything, other than spread awareness? Do you think this is something that other survivors/refugees, even in other parts of the world, would want?

Partnoy Question

Ms. Partnoy,

 History shows us that in the genocide of Nazi Germany, the Nazi's had favorties of the people who they deemed undesirable. They showed this favoritism by giving these people power. In your experience with the genocide going on in Argentine through these forced abductions and executions was there any favoritism shown to specific groups, for example men over women, or rich over poor. If so how was the manifested?

Alicia Partnoy Question

You mentioned some brutal living conditions when you were in prison. How did you stay sane and also what motivated you to write your series of essays?