The bard pays homage to his two muses: his wife and his football club
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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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MARY CONWAY is disappointed by an incoherent show that fails to question stereotypical assumptions about the Soviet Union
JOHN McINALLY welcomes a rigorous class analysis of the history and exploitation of sectarianism by the Scottish ruling elite
WILL STONE, JAMES WALSH and MARIA DUARTE review Souleymane’s Story, Sunlight, Good Fortune, and After The Hunt
ALEX HALL recommends an exhaustive investigation of the means by which the Starmer faction assassinated the left
DAVID MORGAN recommends a refreshingly inspiring novel that features encounters with some tremendous women
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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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