My collection sad thing angry is out today. I feel a lot but the thing I feel most is so proud of this book. I hope people read it. And like it. Thank you
@Outspoken_Press.
https://t.co/5UZlj4OSrG
Congratulations to the poets longlisted from 19,000 entries & special shout-out to
✨Out-Spoken Press poets @EmmaJeremy @SafiyaKamaria @lisaluxx_ @HelenQuah, Emerging Poets Development Scheme poets @Cat_Turhan @am3pham @courtneyconrad_ & @OutSpoken_Acad poet @HlneDemetriades✨
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We are & have been clear where we stand: in solidarity w the Palestinian people, against the settler colonialism & violent apartheid of the Israeli state.
This is not a 'conflict'; this is systematic genocide, facilitated by Western govt & media.
Ceasefire now
Free Palestine 🇵🇸
Over 6,546 Palestinians,
2,704 children, killed & 17,439 wounded by Israeli attacks in Gaza since 7 Oct
We’re raising funds for @MedicalAidPal Gaza emergency response:
> Mon 30 Oct, 7pm UK, online
> Updated - hosted by @hanan_issa_
> donate what you can
https://t.co/Bzx99wrs0Y
Looking forward to the @ForwardPrizes Book of Poetry 2024 👀
So many 🔥 poets and poems — inc. @SafiyaKamaria from CANE, CORN & GULLY and @EmmaJeremy from her debut SAD THING ANGRY plus favs @salenagodden @TheLeano @Anthony1983 Fran Lock, Sandeep Parmar +++
Being highly commended in the @ForwardPrizes this year was a huge surprise and I’m very grateful. Congratulations to everyone else on this list, and the shortlisted poets too ✨
Thrilled to announce the 50 incredible poets highly commended in this year’s #ForwardPrizes and anthologised in this year's Forward Book of Poetry, which will be published by @FaberBooks on #NationalPoetryDay Thursday 5 October.
Read more:
https://t.co/6pzM49ukzx
Please support this fundraiser run by the family of Gboyega generously if you can – including the creation of the Gboyega Odubanjo Foundation for low-income Black writers.
His memory & his impact will burn brightly forever. https://t.co/yDbox2ZNNu
Like the whole poetry community, we are in shock and distress at today's news. The Poetry Café at 22 Betterton Street in London will be open today to hold space for anyone who wants to sit and be together. We will provide hot drinks. All are welcome to drop in from 5pm til late.
It was so clear to me that Gboyega was the future of poetry - I never doubted for a second that he was one of the most important writers of his generation.
A kind, dazzlingly talented, special man. I’m holding his family and friends in my thoughts today.