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For Seni Seneviratne “the personal is political and they’re always intertwined” – a sentiment Seni embodies not only in her poetry but also across her life, advocating against war and for human rights, amongst various other campaigns.  She is a…

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The Brexit Book of the Dead - Rishi Dastidar
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Coolie Odyssey - David Dabydeen
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Moniza Alvi was born in Lahore, Pakistan, came to England when she was a few months old, and grew up in Hatfield. The experience she describes in her recording of ‘growing up… and feeling half-Pakistani… on the edge of things’…

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Langston Hughes

B. 1902 D. 1967

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Langston Hughes (1902-1967) was the first black writer in America to earn his living from writing. Born in Joplin, Missouri, he had a migratory childhood following his parents’ separation, spending time in the American Mid-West and Mexico. He attended Columbia…

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Jean Talon, Intendant of New France, To the King (1666) - Todd Swift
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Drunken Gunners - M. K. Joseph
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Checking Out Me History - John Agard
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The Fall of Rome - W. H. Auden
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A Different History - Sujata Bhatt
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From his Childhood - Alan Brownjohn
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Early Days Thinking Is Only So Much - James Berry
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