Borderless and Brazen – Gboyega Odubanjo
Kate Murrant interviews Gboyega Odubanjo at May Ayim: Borderless and Brazen, an event held at Poet in the City’s Poetry and Lyrics Festival
Kate Murrant interviews Gboyega Odubanjo at May Ayim: Borderless and Brazen, an event held at Poet in the City’s Poetry and Lyrics Festival
Erica Gillingham interviews Otis Mensah and producer Billy Manning at Speak Your Truth, an event curated by Poet in the City’s Producers Scheme at Poet in the City’s 2018 Poetry and Lyrics Festival
Spirit de la Mare interviews Sandeep Parmar at Poet in the City’s Fatimah Asghar – If They Come For Us event
A tribute to all women murdered by violent men, Icelandic poet Gerður Kristný presents Drápa, a story of modern-day Nordic crime reimagined through Old Viking Skaldic verse, musically accompanied by members of ALDAorchestra. On a frozen January day in Reykjavik, 1988, 26-year-old Gréta Birgisdóttir was strangled to death by her husband Bragi Ólafsson. Ten years on,…
emilydickinson-2020-carolinebird.mp3 Caroline Bird is a poet and playwright. Her 2017 collection, In These Days of Prohibition, was shortlisted for the 2017 T.S. Eliot Prize and the Ted Hughes Award. Her sixth Carcanet collection, The Air Year, was published this spring. This interview was conducted by Penny Hughes as part of Poet in the City’s Emily Dickinson: Success is Counted Sweetest event…
By Amy McAllister