Hello comrades,
I hope you are enjoying beautiful Septemberry blue skies today.
I felt like sharing this particular poem with you today. Here’s a photo of my mum before I was born, a little inspiration for this piece. Sharing an audio excerpt of a performance of ‘Umbilical’ as it was read as part of my ‘With Love, Grief and Fury’ set at Out-Spoken on stage at the Southbank and broadcast on BBC’s The Verb and their exciting series of LIVE poetry and spoken word, The Adverb.
I am so delighted to discover ‘Umbilical’ was chosen by Nihal Arthanayake for ‘Pick of the Week’ also on BBC Radio 4, here’s the audio of that poem with an introduction by Nihal. Thank you so much to Ian McMillan and The Verb and to Nihal Arthanayake for getting poetry on the airwaves.
You can hear the full show here at The Verb, BBC Radio 4
Check out to Nihal’s episode of Pick of The Week, BBC Radio 4
Out now: Check out our latest picks of art and culture, books and poetry, music and activism in the October ‘Wind Blown Apples’ episode of Roaring 20’s Radio, available now with very special guest, poet and musician Gemma Rogers.
Thanks for tuning in you beautiful people, thank you for subscribing to this blog.
Hope to see you here and there soon. Happy Autumntimes
Keep it burning, sgxx
Coming up this autumn:
September 21: Hastings Book Festival with Anita Rani
September 25: Octavia Butler, Foyles, Charing X
October 11 + 12: Cheltenham Lit Festival
October 13: Words For Gaza, Bristol
November 22: Radical Book Fair, Edinburgh
November 23 + 24: Push The Boat Out Festival, Edinburgh
November 28: Coronet Theatre, Notting Hill, with Ella Frears
Out now: With Love, Grief and Fury
Out now: Springfield Road
Out now: Pessimism is for Lightweights
Out now: Mrs Death Misses Death
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Umbilical