Too Young For What? Celebrating the creativity of Basquiat – Jacob Sam-La Rose
Oliver Fallon interviews Jacob Sam-La Rose at Poet in the City’s Basquiat Event
Oliver Fallon interviews Jacob Sam-La Rose at Poet in the City’s Basquiat Event
Charlotte Cole interviews Rasheeda Page-Muir at Poet in the City’s Still I Rise – Hip Hop Feminism, part of Poet in the City’s Poetry and Lyrics Festival
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.
Melanie Roberts interviews Tim Garland at Play That Thing, an event at Poet in the City’s Poetry and Lyrics Festival
Julija Gulbinovic interviews John Hegley at The Further Adventures Of M. Robinet
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…
Axel Kacoutié interviews Jade Hackett at Langston Hughes – Dreams Deferred