How do Uganda’s poets manage to stay relevant?

In the book The Pike: Gabriele d’Annunzio, Poet, Seducer and Preacher of War, author Lucy Hughes-Hallett gives us the story of D’Annunzio, the debauched artist who became a national hero in Italy. Before that, he went from being an idealist romantic to radical right-wing revolutionary who many consider to be the father of modern fascism. 

Some believe D’Annunzio’s dark side developed over time, but there’s evidence suggesting he was always that way. When he was only 17, he faked his own death. Writing anonymously to newspapers, he shared the poetry of a young poet, who was…