Don Paterson & PJ Harvey – Don Paterson
Tom Deveson interviews Don Paterson at the Don Paterson & PJ Harvey event held as part of Poet in the City’s Poetry and Lyrics Festival
Tom Deveson interviews Don Paterson at the Don Paterson & PJ Harvey event held as part of Poet in the City’s Poetry and Lyrics Festival
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…
Ariel Silverman interviews Nick Cope at Putting Paws Into Poetry, an event at Poet in the City’s Poetry and Lyrics Festival
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…
Julija Gulbinovic interviews Jolade Olusanya at the National Poetry Day event In Transit
Pamela Mounter interviews Mariah Gale at Poet in the City’s Heartbreakers event
What happens to a dream deferred? An exhilarating evening of poetry, music and dance celebrating an iconic Harlem poet in partnership with East London Dance and Kinetika Bloco.