21Nov/18
‘Crossing from Guangdong’
Something sets us looking for a place.
For many minutes every day we lose
ourselves to somewhere else. …
18May/18
Great Writers Inspire at Home: Reading Bass Culture: Linton Kwesi Johnson and Paul Gilroy
On 26 April 2018, Linton Kwesi Johnson read from a selection of his poetry and discussed with Professor Paul Gilroy the inter-generational and transatlantic relationships that had nurtured it.
15Oct/17
Postcolonial Writers Make Worlds: project introduction
Elleke Boehmer introduces the Postcolonial Writers Make Worlds research project.
27Sep/17
Vievee Francis on challenging preconceptions with her poetry
Poet Vievee Francis discusses how she and her writing are viewed through the ‘filter’ of people’s preconceptions, which are usually based on her appearance, and how she actively works to challenge and remove that filter with her poetry.
25Sep/17
Reading list: On reading
The following is a list of articles and books that will be useful to those who wish to learn more about reading (including reader-response, reception and cognitive theory), with a particular emphasis on how postcolonial writing is read.
25Sep/17
Reading list: Black and Asian British writing
The following is a list of books that will be useful to those seeking to delve deeper into the themes, concerns and craft of contemporary Black and Asian British writing.
11Sep/17
Great Writers Inspire at Home: D-Empress Dianne Regisford presents ‘Hersto-rhetoric? Na so today!!!’
D-Empress Dianne Regisford presents a performance installation that explores the notion of the liberated woman from an African feminist perspective. […]
30Aug/17
Great Writers Inspire at Home: ‘Readers and readings’
Prof. Elleke Boehmer and Dr Erica Lombard consider how our reading experiences are shaped by various factors, from publishers’ decisions about book covers to the text itself.
30Aug/17
Great Writers Inspire at Home: Selma Dabbagh and Courttia Newland on writing and community
Writers Selma Dabbagh and Courttia Newland read from their work, and discuss why they write, who they write for, their imagined audiences, and how their writing relates to their identities.
30Aug/17
Great Writers Inspire at Home: M. NourbeSe Philip on the haunting of history
M. NourbeSe Philip reads from She Tries Her Tongue, Her Silence Softly Breaks (1988) and Zong! (2008) as she describes her poetic development. […]