EMPA 2022: Readings

Readings at Edinburgh International Book Festival by the eight poets shortlisted for the Edwin Morgan Poetry Award 2022, recorded by Sean Patrick Campbell with subtitles by Matchbox Cine.

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Nasim Rebecca Asl: ‘Vignettes of Acceptance (Spring ’21)’ and ‘A resurrection in north-west Iran’

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Titilayo Farukuoye: ‘In Wolf’s Skin’ and ‘Ancestral Heartbeat’

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Roshni Gallagher: ‘Bird Cherry’, ‘Swimming Pool with a Glass Roof’, and ‘My Granny Dreams of Guyana’

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Jay Gao: ‘Hostis’

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Alyson Kissner: ‘Confessions at the End of the Holocene’

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Iona Lee: ‘Play Thing’

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Michael Mullen: ‘Harvest’

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Bibi June Schwithal: ‘Trans Joy is a Mass Extinction Event’