WILL STONE takes a ticket to indie disco heaven, but misses the rarely performed tunes
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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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The bard rests on his laurels, and swipes left and right
MARIA DUARTE cherishes the flashes of absurd humour and theme of community healing in a documentary set in a Soviet-era Black Sea sanatorium
ANGUS REID and MARIA DUARTE review The Courageous, The Cut, Christy, and On Swift Horses
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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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