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You, Very Young, in New York - Hannah Sullivan
Poem
Love, A Fear - Celia A Sorhaindo
Poem
Survival Tips - Celia A Sorhaindo
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In The Air - Celia A Sorhaindo
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ambergris - Celia A Sorhaindo
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Creation - Celia A Sorhaindo
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The Long Duration of a Split Second - Nick Makoha
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Until the fabric speaks & the textile is a text - Victoria Adukwei Bulley
Poet
Victoria Adukwei Bulley
B. 1991
“I myself am bored / of fig leaves, of shames / I did not choose” – from ‘About Ana’
Poet
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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Ode to the Hymen - Sharon Olds
Interview
Sujata Bhatt is a poet of many different cultures: in this interview, she talks about her travels and how they've influenced her writing and lets us into the "private and inner world" of making poems.