O’Hara: In the Heart of Noise – Mark Ford
Tom Deveson interviews Mark Ford at Poet in the City’s O’Hara: In the Heart of Noise event
Tom Deveson interviews Mark Ford at Poet in the City’s O’Hara: In the Heart of Noise event
Imogen Hamilton-Jones interviews Vahni Capildeo at Poet in the City’s annual Poetry Breakfast, held to celebrate National Poetry Day
Axel Kacoutie interviews Kayo Chingonyi at Kayo Chingonyi – Threnodies, an event at Poet in the City’s Poetry and Lyrics Festival
Erica Gillingham interviews Uncle Mez & Chantelle Fiddy at Poet in the City’s Grimelight event
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…
Tom Deveson interviews Prudence Chamberlain at Poet in the City’s Ladies of the Left Bank event
Pamela Mounter interviews John Fulljames at Poet in the City’s Heartbreakers event