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Joe Kriss / Salena Godden Linton Kwesi Johnson / Kayombo Chingonyi

After my kakha, my father’s father who died before I was born, I was gifted this Luvale name; the self-same borne by my kakha, brother…

After my kakha, 
my father’s father who died 
before I was born, 
I was gifted this Luvale name; 
the self-same 
borne by my kakha, brother

11 Years On The Mic

Your framed photos line the mantelpiece, there's that holiday, a countryside walk, birthday cheers, standing next to your sister, …

Your framed photos line the mantelpiece, 
 there's that holiday, a countryside walk, 
 birthday cheers, standing next to your sister, 
 toge

Claire Basarich / Rachel Bower / Mark Gwynne Jones

November 1st 2016, Sheffield: A man walked into Wilkinson’s, cut off his big toe with bolt cutters, and ate it. What walks on four feet in…

November 1st 2016, Sheffield: A man walked into Wilkinson’s, cut off his big toe with bolt cutters, and ate it.
What walks on four feet in t

ANGRY WHITE PEOPLE: COMING FACE-TO-FACE WITH THE BRITISH FAR RIGHT

I call this genre of book “slum lit”. Just as in the 19th century, when novelists chose to shock their readers by depicting slum life and…

I call this genre of book “slum lit”. Just as in the 19th century, when novelists chose to shock their readers by depicting slum life and th

An Introduction to Spoken Word

The only US poet I’ve included on this list, Saul Williams was the first high-profile star of the new wave of spoken word artists that…

The only US poet I’ve included on this list, Saul Williams was the first high-profile star of the new wave of spoken word artists that emerg

Kate Garrett / Chris Jones / Ryan Madin / Gevi Carver

They always met in the room at the back of the shop. It was one of those shops where the coloured crystals in baskets (just £1 each, ‘full…

They always met in the room at the back of the shop. It was one of those shops where the coloured crystals in baskets (just £1 each, ‘full o

Thread

The story is stitched inside you;unpicking it will not remove the threadthat has two strands entwined: the one that goes from next to…

The story is stitched inside you;unpicking it will not remove the threadthat has two strands entwined:
the one that goes from next to then,f

Scenario

It is your lover or possibly your mother,you are four or forty four; it’s a life time away, it’s yesterday What’s always the same is that…

It is your lover or possibly your mother,you are four or forty four; it’s a life time away, it’s yesterday
What’s always the same is that yo