William Wordsworth: I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud – Polly Atkin
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William Wordsworth: I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud – Polly Atkin

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Poet in the City · Interview with Polly Atkin at Poet in the City’s I wandered as Lonely as a Cloud event Polly Atkin lives in Grasmere. She has taught English Literature and Creative Writing at QMUL, Lancaster University, the University of Cumbria, and most recently at the University of Strathclyde. Her debut collection of poetry Basic…

Deconstructing Empire: The Great British Fantasy? – Linton Wesley Stephens
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Deconstructing Empire: The Great British Fantasy? – Linton Wesley Stephens

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deconstructingempire-219-_lintonwesleystephens.mp3 Linton Wesley Stephens was born in Chester and grew up on the Wirral. He began playing the Bassoon at the age of 16. He is the sub-principal bassoon with Chineke! Orchestra with whom he has performed at the proms and Wigmore hall. He also enjoys varied freelance career. Recent appearances include BBC Philharmonic, Hallé…

Deconstructing Empire: The Great British Fantasy? – Sona Datta
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Deconstructing Empire: The Great British Fantasy? – Sona Datta

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deconstructingempire-219-_sonadatta.mp3 Dr Sona Datta is a curator, writer, and broadcaster of South Asian art from Medieval to Modern. She is a 2019/20 Clore Leadership Fellow. This interview was conducted on 6th December 2019 at St Paul’s Cathedral by Ed Walker at Deconstructing Empire: The Great British Fantasy? as part of the Poet in the City Producers programme.

Deconstructing Empire: The Great British Fantasy? – Anthony Anaxagorou
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Deconstructing Empire: The Great British Fantasy? – Anthony Anaxagorou

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deconstructing-empire-219-anthonyanaxagorou.mp3 Anthony Anaxagorou is a British-born Cypriot poet, fiction writer, essayist, publisher and poetry educator. His poetry has been published in POETRY, The Poetry Review, Poetry London, Granta, Ambit, The Adroit Journal and The Rialto. His work has appeared on BBC Newsnight, BBC Radio 4, ITV, Vice UK, Channel 4 and Sky Arts. His second…

Seamus Heaney: Blackbird – Glenn Patterson
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Seamus Heaney: Blackbird – Glenn Patterson

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Poet in the City · Interview with Glenn Patterson at Poet in the City’s Seamus Heaney – Blackbird event Glenn Patterson is a Belfast born writer. He has made documentaries for the BBC and has published his collected journalistic writings as Lapsed Protestant (2006). He has written plays for Radio 3 and Radio 4, and…

Audre Lorde: Sister Outsider – Chardine Taylor Stone
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Audre Lorde: Sister Outsider – Chardine Taylor Stone

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Poet in the City · Interview with Chardine Taylor Stone at Poet in the City’s Audre Lorde – Sister Outsider event Chardine Taylor Stone is an award winning cultural producer Black feminist activist and writer. She was featured in The Voice newspaper as one of the Women Who Rocked the World in 2015, Diva Magazine’s  LGBT Power…

Audre Lorde: Sister Outsider – Bridget Minamore
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Audre Lorde: Sister Outsider – Bridget Minamore

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Poet in the City · Interview with Bridget Minamore at Poet in the City’s Audre Lorde – Sister Outsider event Bridget Minamore is a writer from and based in south-east London. She has written with the National Theatre’s New Views programme and the Royal Opera House, and has an English degree from University College London….

Audre Lorde: Sister Outsider – Akwugo Emejulu
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Audre Lorde: Sister Outsider – Akwugo Emejulu

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Poet in the City · Interview with Akwugo Emejulu at Poet in the City’s Audre Lorde – Sister Outsider event Before entering academia, Akwugo worked in a variety of grassroots roles—as a community organiser, a trade union organiser and a participatory action researcher—in both the United States and in Britain. She joined the Department of Sociology…

Ezra Pound: Making It New – Dr Daniel Swift
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Ezra Pound: Making It New – Dr Daniel Swift

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Poet in the City · Interview with Dr. Daniel Swift at Poet in the City’s Ezra Pound – Making It New event Dr Daniel Swift is a Senior Lecturer in English. He has a BA from Oxford University and a PhD from Columbia University in New York. He has written books about Ezra Pound, William Shakespeare,…

Ezra Pound: Making It New – Will Harris
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Ezra Pound: Making It New – Will Harris

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Poet in the City · Interview with Will Harris at Poet in the City’s Ezra Pound – Making It New event Will Harris is the author of Mixed-Race Superman (2018) – an essay examining resilience and self-creation, as well as a chapbook, All This is Implied, winner of the LRB Bookshop Poetry Pick for best pamphlet. A selection…

Ezra Pound: Making It New – Helen Carr
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Ezra Pound: Making It New – Helen Carr

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Poet in the City · Interview with Helen Carr at Poet in the City’s Ezra Pound – Making It New event Helen Carr is a Professor of English at Goldsmiths University. Her research is largely focused on American literature, particularly American poetry, women’s writing, feminist and postcolonial theory, and the relation between literature and anthropology. Helen is…