Langston Hughes: Dream Deferred – Diran Adebayo
Axel Kacoutié interviews Diran Adebayo at Langston Hughes – Dreams Deferred
Axel Kacoutié interviews Diran Adebayo at Langston Hughes – Dreams Deferred
Pamela Mounter inteviews Malcolm Edmonstone at Poet in the City’s Lorca – Poet in New York event
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…
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…
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…
Julija Gulbinovic interview Jackie Oates and Scott William Albert Hartley at The Land Listeners, an event held as part of Poet in the City’s Poetry and Lyrics festival
Oliver Fallon interviews Murray Lachlan Young at Poet in the City’s Vices and Verses event