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Thanksgiving - Rachel Long
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The Child God of Chaos - Inua Ellams
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Ghana by Air - Nii Ayikwei Parkes
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Half a Lime - Nii Ayikwei Parkes
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The Long Duration of a Split Second - Nick Makoha
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Nick Makoha
B. 1974
“The English language is nobody's special property. It is the property of the imagination: it is the property of the language itself” – Derek Walcott
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Interview
Jean Sprackland talks about her inspiration and process for writing poetry.
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Jane McKie
B. 1967
'Must this be a woman's cross? This dissonance between what 'seems' and what 'is?' - Jane McKie, 'Change, Continuous Change'
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John McAuliffe
B. 1973
His sure hand is apparent in every line: syntax and pulse in the service of experience. -- August Kleinzahler