Beaudelaire: Botanist of the Sidewalk – Matthew Beaumont
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Beaudelaire: Botanist of the Sidewalk – Matthew Beaumont

Poet in the City · Interview with Matthew Beaumont at Baudelaire – Botanist of the Sidewalk Matthew Beaumont is co-director of the UCL Urban Laboratory and Professor of Nineteenth-Century Literature at the UCL Department of English. Matthew is the author of Utopia Ltd. (Haymarket, 2009), The Spectre of Utopia (Peter Lang, 2012) and Nightwalking (Verso, 2015). As well as being an…

Baudelaire: Botanist of the Sidewalk – Professor Helen Abbott
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Baudelaire: Botanist of the Sidewalk – Professor Helen Abbott

Poet in the City · Interview with Professor Helen Abbott at Baudelaire – Botanist of the Sidewalk As Professor of Modern Languages at the University of Birmingham, Helen Abbott specialises in nineteenth-century French poetry and music. Her research explores ways of writing about word-music relationships in poetic language, in critical theories, and using digital methodologies. Her…

Baudelaire: Botanist of the Sidewalk – Dylan Read
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Baudelaire: Botanist of the Sidewalk – Dylan Read

Poet in the City · Dylan Read reading Les Aveugles by Baudelaire Dylan Read was born in Paris and grew-up in Fife, on the east coast of Scotland. At university, Dylan performed and co-directed an extensive repertoire of theatre and performance projects. As a keen musician, he also scored a critically acclaimed version of The Caucasian…

Baudelaire: Botanist of the Sidewalk – Lauren Elkin
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Baudelaire: Botanist of the Sidewalk – Lauren Elkin

Poet in the City · Interview with Lauren Elkin at Baudelaire – Botanist of the Sidewalk Charles Baudelaire was the original flâneur poet, embodying the spirit of the curious wanderer. One hundred and fifty years after his death, join Poet in the City and the Rimbaud and Verlaine Foundation as we traverse the psychogeography of…

Langston Hughes: Dreams Deferred – Kayo Chingonyi
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Langston Hughes: Dreams Deferred – Kayo Chingonyi

langston-hughes-dreams-deferred-kayo-chingonyi.mp3 The epicentre of Harlem Renaissance, Langston Hughes’ rhythmic, urgent poetry empowered a generation of new writers, with an aftershock that still reverberates today. His work was full of music and dance, and described the Black American experience over decades. Characterised by narratives of empowerment and a belief in humanity, he celebrated Black identity in…