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Reading Bass Culture from 2018-05-16T13:44:18
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. This...
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'Art and Attunement', by Professor Rita Felski, University of Virginia and Southern Denmark from 2017-12-19T11:34:29
In this talk Rita Felski reported at new research on how we engage with works of art across a broad range (including cat videos) and considered the puzzling question of why we are drawn by some pie...
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Selma Dabbagh and Courttia Newland on writing and community from 2017-08-25T15:42:02
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.
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M. NourbeSe Philip on the haunting of history from 2017-08-25T15:39:32
M. NourbeSe Philip reads from She Tries Her Tongue, Her Silence Softly Breaks (1988) and Zong! (2008) as she describes her poetic development. In discussion with Prof. Elleke Boehmer, Prof. Marina ...
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Editors and contributors, The Cambridge History of Black and Asian British Writing from 2017-08-25T15:37:49
Profs Susheila Nasta and Mark Stein speak about the genesis of their new Cambridge History project, Dr Gail Low discusses the networks and institutions of Caribbean-British writing. Dr Henghameh S...
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Aminatta Forna on writing memory and trauma in The Memory of Love from 2017-08-25T15:30:18
Aminatta Forna gives a reading from her award-winning novel, The Memory of Love (2010), and discusses it with Prof. Ankhi Mukherjee. She talks about the psychology of war and healing after conflict...
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Nadifa Mohamed on travelling, home and belonging in Black Mamba Boy from 2017-08-25T15:27:20
Nadifa Mohamed reads from and discusses her debut novel, Black Mamba Boy (2010), based on her father’s travels across the Horn of Africa before settling in Britain. In discussion with Dr Kate Wall...
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D-Empress Dianne Regisford presents ‘Hersto-rhetoric? Na so today!!!’ from 2017-08-25T15:21:30
D-Empress Dianne Regisford presents a performance installation that explores the notion of the liberated woman from an African feminist perspective. The performance is followed by a discussion and ...
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Daljit Nagra on voice and identity in Look We Have Coming to Dover! from 2017-08-25T15:16:49
Daljit Nagra reads from and discusses his celebrated debut collection, Look We Have Coming to Dover! (2007). In conversation with Dr Rachael Gilmour and the audience, he speaks about how and why he...
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Bernardine Evaristo on writing Britain’s Black histories from 2017-08-25T15:13:24
In conversation with Dr Zoe Norridge and Marsha Hutchinson, Bernardine Evaristo reads from and discusses her remarkable verse novel, The Emperor’s Babe (2001), which tells the story of a African gi...
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Kamila Shamsie on writing history in A God in Every Stone from 2017-08-25T15:09:31
Author Kamila Shamsie reads from her 2014 novel A God in Every Stone, and discusses it with Prof. Elleke Boehmer and the audience. She speaks about the inspiration for the novel, who she writes fo...
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Readers and Readings from 2017-08-25T15:07:55
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.
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