Back in the day, we used to create mix tapes for our mates. Of course, they were really made up of the music we enjoyed listening to ourselves!
Well, when Mat and I are working out what poets to invite to read with us at Rogue Strands events, it feels like we're generating our own Live Poetry Mix Tapes. We're choosing poets whose poetry we love, who read brilliantly. And we're not doing so just for our audiences, but also for our own, utterly selfish listening pleasure.
This is why I'm so looking forward to our Rogue Strands reading at the Devereux in London next Wednesday, because it's a terrific chance for me (and you!!!) to catch some of the best poets around in the U.K. right now: Jonathan Davidson, Hannah Copley, Fiona Larkin and Philip Hancock (oh, and Mat and me) for your delectation. What's more, it's all free! See you there...?
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