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Grandchildren of Albion - Anthology
Voices and Visions of Younger Poets in Britain
Michael Horovitz (ed)
This lavishly illustrated 400 page anthology is the revival issue of New Departures (numbers 17-20), and has been described in the London Evening Standard as "crackling with more energy than the national grid", and in Time Out as "exemplary in its endorsement of multiracial work ... the essential buy for poetry lovers."
There are substantial
selections from 40 poets, most of whom come to their most essential life
giving readings, and/or projecting their texts in collaboration with various
forms of music. They also relish connecting with each other and with every
kind of audience, in multiple permutations, on the Live New Departures/Poetry
Olympics bandwagons. Writers from the book available, singly or in groups,
to give performances, talks, readings or jam sessions (and some of whom
can also be heard on the Grandchildren of Albion Live
CD and Cassette) include:
* John Agard
* Valerie Bloom
* Linton Kwesi Johnson
* Sujata Bhatt
* Grace Nichols
* Michele Roberts
* Carol Ann Duffy
* Neil Sparkes
* Adam Horovitz
* Jean Binta Breeze
* Mahmood Jamal
* John Cooper Clarke
* Michael Horovitz
* Stan Tracey
* Keith Waithe
* Adam Horovitz
* Ian McMillan
* Ben Okri
* Benjamin Zephaniah
(400-page illustrated – ND 17-20 / ISBN 0-902689-14-2) at £11.49 each including postage and packing in the UK.