"You Can't Give Your Students What You Don't Give Yourself"

Read it here - http://gulfcoastmag.org/online/blog/you-cannot-give-your-students-what-you-do-not-give-yourself/

This month I was interviewed about poetry in education by poet educator, R.A Villanueva, alongside Jacob Sam La Rose and Toni Stuart. 

Terrance Hayes & Jacob Sam La Rose Interviewed by Raymond Antrobus on Indiefeed Podcast

Terrance Hayes Interview


http://hwcdn.libsyn.com/p/f/7/b/f7b6b7023cb696bc/indiefeed_terrancehayes_carppoem.mp3?c_id=6739542&expiration=1391780899&hwt=12adbfacbbdf75883c4699a16362b74c

Jacob Sam La Rose Interview
http://hwcdn.libsyn.com/p/7/6/c/76c9e4cace2d7e1d/indiefeed_jacobsamlarose_algebra.mp3?c_id=5723242&expiration=1391781228&hwt=9b1b303a9c57deac4345fe00ace2fd44

Spoken Word Education Mentioned In The Guardian, Warsan Shire plus other news

The Spoken Word Education MA got a nice mention in The Guardian last week with a feature on Jacob Sam La Rose.

http://www.theguardian.com/teacher-network/teacher-blog/2013/oct/03/spoken-word-educators-poetry-schools

London now has a young poet Laurette who is indeed one of the best poets in the city, congratulations Warsan Shire.

We invited Warsan to read at Keats House Poets Forum last year, check out a part of her reading below.



Chill Pill Meets London Liming at Rich Mix on Thursday 10th October - Featuring John Agard

http://www.richmix.org.uk/whats-on/event/london-liming-meets-chill-pill/

In other news I've been invited to run workshops and perform poems in Brussels from 16th - 18th October.

I'm back in time to host the Human Rights Slam for the Bloomsbury Festival if you want to come see the Slam it takes place in an actual courtroom.

http://bloomsburyfestival.org.uk/ai1ec_event/human-rights-poetry-slam/?instance_id=

Breaking Silence by Jacob Sam La Rose & Strange Light by Derrick Brown

This is Jacob Sam La Rose's first full collection believe it or not but it's worth the wait as its published by the leading publisher of poetry, 'Blood Axe'. Jacob is a key figure in the UK poetry world as a performer and writer. I caught up with him for a chat about his thoughts on Slam Poetry and why there is a divide between poetry on the page and poetry on the stage.

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This is the forth collection of poetry from US poet Derrick Brown. Derrick Brown is an ex-weatherman, failed magician and paratrooper turned poet. He runs his own publishing house (Write Bloody) and is a key figure in bringing some of the biggest names in performance poetry (such as Buddy Wakefield, Anis Mojgani, Andrea Gibson etc) to the page. I caught up with him in Boardway Market, Hackney for a Boar Burger and a chat about travelling, performing and getting older.

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These interviews are episodes from 'The Punch & Gumption Podcast', run by myself and William Stopha.

Subscribe to hear more from UK poets such as Polarbear, Hollie Mcnish, Inua Ellams, US poets such as Emily Rose, Robb Q Telfer and German poets such as Sebastian 23 & Lars Rupple etc.

Here's a video of Derrick at last months Keats House Forum run by myself and Simon Mole.