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Interview with prize-winning poet Marvin Thompson: ‘I’m used to living in a world where those who have been lauded down the centuries don’t look like me.’

9th November 202111th November 2021  Shameera Nair Lin

Shameera Nair Lin talks to the National Poetry Prize winning poet Marvin Thompson about his musical inspirations, exploring British colonial violence and racism in his work, the lack of representation in nature writing and conquering poetic forms like the villanelle.

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Posted in Arts, Books, InterviewsTagged: Anansi, anti-racism, Boer War, colonialism, Hip Hop, Interview, Jazz, Marvin Thompson, National Poetry Prize, Peepal Tree Press, Poetry, Racism, Road Trip, Shameera Nair Lin

Road Trip by Marvin Thompson – the start of a long and beautiful journey

17th February 202117th February 2021  Shameera Nair Lin

Multiple voices, viewpoints and experiences combine to make Marvin Thompson’s poetry collection, Road Trip, a powerful, sensitive and unforgettable read, writes our contributor, Shameera Nair Lin.

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Posted in Arts, BooksTagged: Consent, family, Jazz, Marvin Thompson, Peepal Tree Press, Poetry, poetry collection, prose poems, Road Trip

‘The Immortal Charlie Parker’ by Michèle Saint-Michel

25th January 202125th January 2021  Michèle Saint-Michel

Artist Michèle Saint-Michel fuses poetry and music with news reportage in her powerful audio piece, The Immortal Charlie Parker. In it, she recounts her experience of reconnecting with a childhood friend during the early stages of the pandemic.

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Posted in Arts, Creative Writing, Film and Media, Music, PoetryTagged: audio, audio poem, Charlie Parker, Consent, Disembodied Voices: Friendship During the Pandemic, friendship, Friendship During the Pandemic, Jazz, Lockdown, Michèle Saint Michel, Pandemic, Poetry, PTSD, Savoy Records, trauma

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at Sadler’s Wells

18th September 201918th September 2019  Eirini Diamantouli

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater stunned audiences this month with three dazzling dance programmes at Sadler’s Wells. Here, Eirini Diamantouli reviews their final programme featuring new works Ounce of Faith and Members Don’t Get Weary, and classics Ella and Revelations.

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Posted in Arts, DanceTagged: Alvin Ailey, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Contemporary dance, Dance, Darrell Grand Moultrie, Ella, Ella Fitzgerald, Gospel, Jamar Roberts, Jazz, John Coltrane, Members Don't Get Weary, Ounce of Faith, Revelations, Spirituals

Lee Krasner: Living Colour at the Barbican Art Gallery

8th July 20199th July 2019  Lottie Whalen

The Barbican’s Lee Krasner: Living Colour is a long overdue celebration of an indomitable artist whose ingenious eye offers a kaleidoscopic perspective on the inner and outer worlds that shape our lives, writes our arts contributor Dr Lottie Whalen.

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Posted in Art and design, ArtsTagged: Abstract Expressionism, American Abstract Artists Group, Barbican, Barbican Art Gallery, Barbican Centre, Cubism, David Chipperfield Architects, Fernand Leger, Greenwich Village, Jazz, Lee Krasner, Living Colour, Naum Gabo, painting, Piet Mondrian
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