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An Interview with James Berry

Distinguished poet, James Berry, often returns to his Jamaican childhood for the sound ...

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His readings have a musical quality and are also very varied in style. Listen to the ...

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Crayon Poem

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Dear Ugly Sisters

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Double Trouble

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Grown Out Of

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Inside a shell

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Jackie was born in Scotland to a Scottish mother and a Nigerian father. Soon after she ...

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You will hear that John reads with quite a serious tone, even for the humorous poems – ...

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Jumbies

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