MATTHEW HAWKINS applauds a psychotherapist’s disection of William Blake
Jiving and thriving
JOHN HAWKINS recommends a collection that is part poetry, part memoir, stories and hip-hop quips, and dangerous information about the blues
Jive Poetic at the "Slammetry", Art Cafe, Halsey Street, Newark, New Jersey
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New releases from Christina Alden and Alex Patterson, Odette Michell, Clementine Lovell
JOHN GREEN is fascinated by a very readable account of Britain’s involvement in South America
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GORDON PARSONS acknowledges the authority with which Sarah Kane’s theatrical justification for suicide has resonance today
RON JACOBS welcomes a timely homage to one of the IWW and CPUSA’s most effective orators
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Jive Poetic, Liveright, £15.45
JIVE POETIC is a poet, musician, activist and educator based in Brooklyn, New York. He teaches poetry and hip hop workshops to at-risk youth in New York City and the surrounding area. Here, he is a poet and textual DJ, getting our feet working.
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