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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
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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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