A newly restored 1979 documentary examines how Linton Kwesi Johnson’s dub-infused poetry documented the challenges faced by Britain’s Black Caribbean population.
Category: Poetry and Poets
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‘Dread Beat an Blood’ Set Black Londoners’ Struggle to a Groove
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‘Dread Beat an Blood’ Set Black Londoners’ Struggle to a Groove
The New York Times – Music:A newly restored 1979 documentary examines how Linton Kwesi Johnson’s dub-infused poetry documented the challenges faced by Britain’s Black Caribbean population.
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In Death, Poet Andrea Gibson Gets a Film That Celebrates Life
“Come See Me in the Good Light” follows the writer and their wife as they experienced the pain of cancer and also the joy of living.
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‘Come See Me in the Good Light’: The Sweetness After a Terminal Diagnosis
The film chronicles the poet Andrea Gibson’s final year of living with cancer and trying to make every second count.
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My First Love Ghosted Me. It’s Not What You Think.
I had lost faith in the universe — until an apparition of my smiling, 16-year-old late ex-boyfriend appeared.
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My First Love Ghosted Me. It’s Not What You Think.
I had lost faith in the universe — until an apparition of my smiling, 16-year-old late ex-boyfriend appeared.
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The Love Poem Andrea Gibson Wrote for Their Widow…and for You
Andrea Gibson and Megan Falley were two poets in love. After Gibson’s death, Falley is figuring out what that love looks like now.
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Tiny Love Stories: ‘UR CUTE, TEXT ME’
Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.
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Stephanie Burt on Taylor Swift and Her Favorite Books
She put aside a bunch of projects, including a book about Walt Whitman, to publish “Taylor’s Version: The Poetic and Musical Genius of Taylor Swift.”
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Following the Sounds of Arabic to Rediscover Paris
A language student’s guide to the French capital highlights the culinary, literary and musical influences that quietly shape everyday life.