Threnodies – Kayo Chingonyi
Axel Kacoutie interviews Kayo Chingonyi at Kayo Chingonyi – Threnodies, an event at Poet in the City’s Poetry and Lyrics Festival
Axel Kacoutie interviews Kayo Chingonyi at Kayo Chingonyi – Threnodies, 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…
Ariel Silverman interviews Nick Cope at Putting Paws Into Poetry, an event at Poet in the City’s Poetry and Lyrics Festival
by Kayo Chingonyi
Tom Deveson interviews Will Montgomery at Poet in the City’s O’Hara: In the Heart of Noise event
Julija Gulbinovic interviews Basel and Emily Churchill Zaraa at the National Poetry Day event In Transit
Leeds Libraries’ inaugural ‘Late’ event, bringing the library to life after hours through an evening of colour and creativity celebrating the explosive impact of Caribbean culture on Leeds and the UK.