The Inequality Emergency: Healing Divisions

Forward Prizes judge and Malika’s Poetry Kitchen editor Rishi Dastidar, will explore how poets are tackling the inequality emergency, from Black Lives Matter to migration and class divisions. Yomi Sode will examine Black British experiences in his new collection Manorism. Butcher’s Dog editor, Jo Clement will champion “othered” voices in Outlandish (Bloodaxe) and Wagtail, an anthology of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller poets. Whilst Naush Sabah, author of Litanies (Guillemot Press), will share her experience of widening access as publisher of the Poetry Birmingham Literary Journal. How can we heal divisions and make poetry more inclusive?