Grimelight – Uncle Mez & Chantelle Fiddy
Erica Gillingham interviews Uncle Mez & Chantelle Fiddy at Poet in the City’s Grimelight event
Erica Gillingham interviews Uncle Mez & Chantelle Fiddy at Poet in the City’s Grimelight event
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.
Tom Deveson interviews Mark Ford 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
Lydia O’Ryan interviews Prach Boondiskulchok at Poet in the City’s Lullaby Too Rough event
Julija Gulbinovic interviews Sabrina Mahfouz at Poet in the City’s National Poetry Day event Journeys
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…