Five years after the Black Lives Matter movement reignited powerful student demands to diversify the English literature curriculum, Writers Make Worlds reviews where we stand now.
The Imaginary Institution of India: Art 1975–1998 – Exhibition Report Zana Mody The Imaginary Institution of India: Art 1975–1998 (5 October 2024 – 5 January 2025) is currently on display at theRead More…
Exhibition Report – Beyond the Bassline: 500 Years of Black British Music Eliza McCarthy The British Library’s 2024 exhibition, Beyond the Bassline: 500 Years of Black British Music (26 April to 26Read More…
“As if their bodies became AIR”: Roger Robinson in Oxford, 23 May 2024 Clara Park On 23 May 2024, the poet, writer and performer Roger Robinson gave a reading and talk atRead More…
Rethinking cultural identity and belonging: East and Southeast Asian Poets writing in and beyond Britain Jennifer Wong Cited in the preface to the State of Play: Poets of East and Southeast AsianRead More…
Sustaining the Momentum: Bernardine Evaristo speaks at Oxford’s Sheldonian Theatre, 22 June 2023 Ciaran Duncan In a city not short on spaces that can feel intimidating, the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford isRead More…
“Famous British Justice” on trial in Tiger Bay: A review of The Fortune Men Ciaran Duncan “The tireless stoker, the poker shark, the elegant wanderer, the love-starved husband, the soft-hearted father” –Read More…
On Family and Flèche: Theophilus Kwek and Mary Jean Chan Read at Kellogg College Ann Ang 19 May 2022 – an appreciative audience was treated to a lively reading from poets TheophilusRead More…
Intimacies: On Tice Cin’s Keeping the House and Caleb Azumah Nelson’s Open Water Eileen Ying Tice Cin and Caleb Azumah Nelson arrived for a reading at Oxford’s Daunt Books on a characteristicallyRead More…
Grieving, Loving: On bell hooks Eileen Ying Lover, thinker, dreamer; razor-edged critic and open-armed activist; radical, riotous Black feminist with a penchant for leaving a room fuller than it began – bellRead More…