George the Poet: Finding Room for a Longer Conversation
From St Raphael’s estate to poetry, podcasting and Track Record, George Mpanga has used different forms of storytelling to explore Black life, education and the politics…
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Lemn Sissay: Poetry, Care and the Search for His Own Story
Read the article: Lemn Sissay: Poetry, Care and the Search for His Own StoryLemn Sissay has made a public life from language without allowing his personal history to become a simple story of overcoming adversity. His poems appear on…
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Fred D’Aguiar: Poetry, Memory and Lives Recovered in Fiction
Read the article: Fred D’Aguiar: Poetry, Memory and Lives Recovered in FictionFred D’Aguiar’s writing crosses the Atlantic and moves between poetry, novels, drama and memoir. Born in London and raised partly in Guyana, he has returned repeatedly…
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Roger Robinson: A Portable Paradise and the Work of Poetry
Read the article: Roger Robinson: A Portable Paradise and the Work of PoetryRoger Robinson is a poet, performer and musician whose work travels between Trinidad and Britain without flattening either place. His writing attends to family, migration, fire,…
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Derek Walcott: St Lucia, Theatre and the Caribbean Imagination
Read the article: Derek Walcott: St Lucia, Theatre and the Caribbean ImaginationThe Saint Lucian poet, playwright and painter Derek Walcott brought Caribbean experience to readers worldwide. His writing moved among the region’s languages, landscapes and contested histories…
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Hannah Lowe: Family, Classrooms and the Work of Remembering
Read the article: Hannah Lowe: Family, Classrooms and the Work of RememberingHannah Lowe’s poetry and research have brought family stories, migration records and the lives of students into conversation with British history. Her father was a Black…
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James Berry: Poetry, Migration and the Search for Understanding
Read the article: James Berry: Poetry, Migration and the Search for UnderstandingJames Berry brought Jamaican memories and speech into a literary life built in Britain. Writing for adults and children, he explored migration, racism, poverty and the…
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Valerie Bloom: Poetry, Storytelling and the Music of Language
Read the article: Valerie Bloom: Poetry, Storytelling and the Music of LanguageValerie Bloom’s poetry brings family voices, changing landscapes and the pleasures of language to readers of different ages. Drawing on Jamaican speech and performance traditions, she…
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John Agard: Language, Laughter and Who Gets to Tell History
Read the article: John Agard: Language, Laughter and Who Gets to Tell HistoryJohn Agard has made poetry a place where language can answer back. From his childhood in Guyana to performances in British classrooms and theatres, his work…
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Grace Nichols: Women, Memory and Caribbean Voices
Read the article: Grace Nichols: Women, Memory and Caribbean VoicesGrace Nichols makes room for women’s memories, desires and laughter. Her poetry moves between Guyana and Britain, historical imagination and everyday life, bringing the sounds of…