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Karen McCarthy Woolf in conversation with Gabriel Gbadamosi

‘I wrote on a boat in the middle of the Thames, an experience of being held in the water, neither north nor south. I’m always attempting a fusion of opposites, of multiplicities, trying to write music with words.’
31st October, 2024
'White linen on the bed. White curtains shrunk in the wash. White muslin squares. Your tiny white vests, unworn.'
Karen McCarthy Woolf

Karen McCarthy Woolf

Karen McCarthy Woolf is a poet and novelist.

Gabriel Gbadamosi

Gabriel Gbadamosi

Gabriel Gbadamosi is a poet, playwright, essayist and critic.

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