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"Inspiring spoken word infused with anti-colonial protest from two of the UK’s most acclaimed writers. Anthony Anaxagorou’s introspections on modern Britain and family migration meet Safiya’s animated verses evoking Caribbean dance ritual. Sure to be one of the standout events in the Lyrafest 2023 programme."
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A event on Sunday 23rd April. The event starts at 17:00.
Price: £5
Time: 17:00 - 18:00
Poetry. Form and Protest | Feat. Safiya Kamaria Kinshasa + Anthony Anaxagorou
Anthony Anaxagorou’s Heritage Aesthetics and Safiya Kamaria Kinshasa’s Cane, Corn & Gully are two of the UK’s most critically acclaimed poetry collections of the past year. Both writers use poetic form in unique and unexpected ways to challenge historical narratives around colonialism and racism. Kinshasa uses labanotation and rhythm to analyse movement from Caribbean dance and explore black West Indian femininity. Anaxagorou unpacks the travelogues of colonial writers and military men alongside experiences of racism in the present, drawing on his family’s own migratory histories.
Join these two innovative writers for an exclusive live reading of their work, followed by a conversation around how the manipulation of language and form can subvert expectations and reclaim, or create new, narratives.
SAFIYA KAMARIA KINSHASA:
Safiya Kamaria Kinshasa is a British born Barbadian raised poet, dancer and choreographer. Her interdisciplinary art braids dance and poetry on the page and stage. She is also a PhD student in Cultural Studies at the University of Leeds. Her debut collection Cane, Corn & Gully was the Poetry Book Society’s Winter Choice. Safiya is an Obsidian Foundation fellow and an Apples & Snakes/ Jerwood Arts Poetry in Performance recipient. Her notable commissions include writing for English Heritage, BBC Bitesize and The Wailers. Her work has appeared in a variety of journals including Poetry London, Poetry Review, Caribbean Writer and Wasafiri.
ANTHONY ANAXAGOROU:
Anthony Anaxagorou is a British-born Cypriot poet, fiction writer, essayist, publisher and poetry educator. He has published three volumes of poetry, one collection of short stories along with a craft book entitled How To Write It. He is the founder and artistic director of Out-Spoken Live, a monthly poetry and music night held at London’s Southbank Centre. He’s also the publisher at Out-Spoken Press and founder of Propel Magazine.
Part of Lyra - Bristol Poetry Festival 2023
Entry requirements:
Time: 17:00 - 18:00
Poetry. Form and Protest | Feat. Safiya Kamaria Kinshasa + Anthony Anaxagorou
Anthony Anaxagorou’s Heritage Aesthetics and Safiya Kamaria Kinshasa’s Cane, Corn & Gully are two of the UK’s most critically acclaimed poetry collections of the past year. Both writers use poetic form in unique and unexpected ways to challenge historical narratives around colonialism and racism. Kinshasa uses labanotation and rhythm to analyse movement from Caribbean dance and explore black West Indian femininity. Anaxagorou unpacks the travelogues of colonial writers and military men alongside experiences of racism in the present, drawing on his family’s own migratory histories.
Join these two innovative writers for an exclusive live reading of their work, followed by a conversation around how the manipulation of language and form can subvert expectations and reclaim, or create new, narratives.
SAFIYA KAMARIA KINSHASA:
Safiya Kamaria Kinshasa is a British born Barbadian raised poet, dancer and choreographer. Her interdisciplinary art braids dance and poetry on the page and stage. She is also a PhD student in Cultural Studies at the University of Leeds. Her debut collection Cane, Corn & Gully was the Poetry Book Society’s Winter Choice. Safiya is an Obsidian Foundation fellow and an Apples & Snakes/ Jerwood Arts Poetry in Performance recipient. Her notable commissions include writing for English Heritage, BBC Bitesize and The Wailers. Her work has appeared in a variety of journals including Poetry London, Poetry Review, Caribbean Writer and Wasafiri.
ANTHONY ANAXAGOROU:
Anthony Anaxagorou is a British-born Cypriot poet, fiction writer, essayist, publisher and poetry educator. He has published three volumes of poetry, one collection of short stories along with a craft book entitled How To Write It. He is the founder and artistic director of Out-Spoken Live, a monthly poetry and music night held at London’s Southbank Centre. He’s also the publisher at Out-Spoken Press and founder of Propel Magazine.
Part of Lyra - Bristol Poetry Festival 2023
Entry requirements:
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