Poet in the City Presents: Forugh Farrokhzad
An evening of poetry and discussion celebrating 1960s rebel poet Forugh Farrokhzad and her legacy on contemporary poets and artists.
Poet in the City Presents: Virgil’s Aeneid
An evening of poetry and discussion considering the lessons of Virgil’s Aeneid in the context of contemporary refugee emergencies.
Emily Dickinson: Success is Counted Sweetest – Nikita Gill
emilydickinson-2020-nikitagill.mp3 Nikita Gill is a Belfast-born poet, writer and Instagrammer, and has been described as ‘one of the most successful and exciting Instapoets working today’. Nikita was interviewed by Penny Hughes ahead of Poet in the City’s Emily Dickinson: Success is Counted Sweetest event at King’s Place on 3 October 2020, as part of Poet in the…
Digesting History
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Calm Sleep Stories – Selina Nwulu
Poet in the City is delighted to announce the release of a brand new poetic Sleep Story by Selina Nwulu, commissioned by Calm, the #1 app for Sleep, Meditation and Relaxation.
Samuel Beckett: Fail Better – TEST
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Poet in the City Podcast
Plug in to the Poet in the City Podcast, a series of specially curated audio experiences
Arts Council England Emergency Response Funding
Poet in the City is grateful to have received funding from Arts Council England’s Emergency Response Fund.
Digesting History
Explore your Central Library after dark as we transform the building for a theatrical dining experience with a menu of poetry, history and live performance.
Fundraiser 2020: The Unreal City
Poet in the City’s 2020 Fundraiser invites you to wander through the Unreal City. A riotous reimagining of the 1920s literary landscape.
The Little Green Notebook of Che Guevara
A look inside the little green notebook of international symbol of revolution Che Guevara, with poetry readings in both Spanish and English.
Samuel Beckett: Fail Better
An evening of live poetry, performance and discussion exploring Samuel Beckett’s famed approach to failure.
James Baldwin: Nobody Knows my Name
A tribute to James Baldwin, exploring the failure of the media to recognise his life’s work beyond the singular narrative of the Black experience in America.
Emily Dickinson: Success is Counted Sweetest
An afternoon of live poetry and discussion celebrating Emily Dickinson’s approach to finding strength in the face of critique, and explore how numerous contemporary artists have also rejected societal classifications of failure and success and instead defined their own.
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