Borderless and Brazen – Bumi Thomas
Kate Murrant interviews Bumi Thomas at May Ayim: Borderless & Brazen, an event held as part of Poet in the City’s Poetry and Lyrics Festival 2019
Kate Murrant interviews Bumi Thomas at May Ayim: Borderless & Brazen, an event held as part of Poet in the City’s Poetry and Lyrics Festival 2019
poetrylyricsfestival-219-moonwhile-keishathompson.mp3 Ricocheting between themes of love, masculinity, forgiveness and cultural displacement, poet Keisha Thompson’s Moonwhile is a vividly imagined Afrofuturistic performance that ripples with looped sound and sweeping waves of Neo-Soul. Exploring the complex world of her relationship with her socially withdrawn father, Moonwhile deconstructs the impact of mental health on family dynamic, particularly within…
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…
Poet in the City · Interview with Sukina Pilgrim at Poet in the City’s Rumi – The Universe in Motion event Sukina Pilgrim is a Spoken-Word and Hip-Hop artist, Workshop Facilitator and Event Organiser. She makes up one half of the Muslim female Hip Hop duo, Poetic Pilgrimage and has performed across the UK, Europe,…
Featuring Dr Ruth Padel, the Reverend Lucy Winkett, James Massiah and Niles Hailstones.
Jack Wright interviews Lavinia Greenlaw at The Importance of Music to Girls, an event held at Poet in the City’s Poetry and Lyrics Festival
Penny Hughes interviews Narguess Farzad at Poet in the City’s Rumi – The Universe in Motion event