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Poetic justice: black lives and the power of poetry

The Guardian
Leading black British poets including Linton Kwesi Johnson, Grace Nichols and Raymond Antrobus share their thoughts on protest, change and the trailblazers who...
54 months ago

5 Somali-British Poets You Need To Know About

BuzzFeed
BuzzFeed talked to five of them about their love of poetry, what it means to them, and what it means to have connections to Somalia, the “nation of poets”.
103 months ago

Not a British Subject: Race and Poetry in the UK

Los Angeles Review of Books
As long as we have literature as a bulwark against intolerance, and as a force for change, then we have a chance.
109 months ago

Robert Crawford · Outbreaks of Poets

London Review of Books
The story of Macmillan's marketing and its advertising of a 'GOLDEN TREASURY SERIES' of volumes is not just a...
19 months ago

Benjamin Zephaniah, Poet of Social Justice Issues, Dies at 65 (Published 2023)

The New York Times
Benjamin Zephaniah, an author, professor and poet whose work, infused with strong social messages, helped inspire a generation of British poets to find their...
13 months ago

5 influential WW1 poets you should know about

HistoryExtra
Here, Ellie Cawthorne highlights five influential British writers whose lives and work were shaped by the conflict.
53 months ago

British Poetry’s New Avant-Garde

Hyperallergic
British poetry is really as energetic and varied as its American counterpart.
41 months ago

Why British poets are bringing the ‘Bro book’ back

The Guardian
From William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge to Seamus Heaney and Ted Hughes, male authors have long collaborated in pairs – and the tradition is now...
93 months ago

Carol Ann Duffy leads British poets creating 'living record' of coronavirus

The Guardian
Major names including Imtiaz Dharker, Jackie Kay and father-and-son poets Ian and Andrew McMillan to document outbreak in verse.
57 months ago

‘The poems began to dance among themselves’: curating a fresh mixtape of Black British poetry

The Guardian
A companion to 1998's The Fire People, Kayo Chingonyi's anthology creates a space for a new generation of voices to express the wide range of their work.
32 months ago