Poetry Breakfast 2017 – Jo Shapcott
Imogen Hamilton-Jones interviews Jo Shapcott at Poet in the City’s annual Poetry Breakfast, held to celebrate National Poetry Day
Imogen Hamilton-Jones interviews Jo Shapcott at Poet in the City’s annual Poetry Breakfast, held to celebrate National Poetry Day
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…
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