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An Interview with Jackie Kay

Join Jackie Kay as she reveals the musical influences on her award-winning poetry, and ...

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Benjamin Zephaniah was born in Birmingham, and grew up in Jamaica and in Handsworth, ...

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Bridge Builder

1:30 listening time

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Chrissie Gittins uses a very wide range of forms and poetic devices – lists and ...

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For Me

0:58 listening time

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Grace’s poems are full of the sounds and stories of Guyana, the Caribbean country where ...

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