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The Forensic and the Fantastic – at the British Library

The WritersMosaic and the Poetry Translation Centre evening of Latinx poetry with multimedia performances and Afro-Colombian music and dance is an antidote to the recent wave of far-right violence unleashed in Britain. Hosted by writer Amanda Vilanova, poets and musicians explored acts of translation between cultures and across media to bring the living poetry of Latin America to the British Library. Film by Rob Akin.
21st August 2024
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Free Will

Will Harris reads his poem, 'Free Will'. Directed by Matthew Thompson and commissioned by the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation.

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Half Written Love Letter

Selina Nwulu reads her poem, 'Half Written Love Letter'. Directed by Matthew Thompson and commissioned by the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation.

Sad Song of Plantain poem

'I lie as quiet as death in this ‘three for two pounds’ cardboard box'

Regarding Turner

What does knowing of the revered British artist's investment in chattel slavery mean for his legacy?

Building Literary Resistance

Personal reflections as a white, non-Muslim, middle-class editor for the journal Critical Muslim

There Is No Meant to Be

Jarred McGinnis's novel explores the succession of male violence that poisoned seven generations of McGinnis sons

My Father’s Shadow

An interrogation of ruptured father-son relationships

Pluribus

‘The most miserable person on Earth must save the world from happiness’

Illuminating, in-depth conversations between writers.

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What we leave we carry, The series that tells the true-life stories of migration to the UK.

The series that tells the true-life stories of migration to the UK.

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Fiction Prescriptions

Bibliotherapy for the head and the heart

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Frantz Fanon: revolutionary psychiatrist

Afro-Caribbean writer Frantz Fanon, his work as a psychiatrist and commitment to independence movements.

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