On today’s episode of The Poems We Made Along The Way Gregory chats with Roger Robinson about creative citizenship, travelling the UK and writing haikus.
Roger Robinson is a writer and educator who has published numerous books including his T.S. Eliot Prize winning collection A Portable Paradise. Roger also has published digital resources to support people to become better poets and to help “make creative blocks obsolete”.
You can buy Home Is Not A Place here: https://rogerrobinsononline.com/home-is-not-a-place/
You can buy A Portable Paradise here: https://rogerrobinsononline.com/a-portable-paradise/
You can buy On Poetry, On Creativity bundle here: https://rogerrobinsononline.com/on-poetry-on-creativity/
Roger mentioned the Palestinian poet Taha Muhummed Ali. You can buy his book here: https://www.bloodaxebooks.com/ecs/product/so-what-888
The particular poem of Ali’s that Roger mentioned called Revenge can be read here: https://www.lionsroar.com/about-a-poem-ruth-ozeki-on-tahamuhammad-alis-revenge/
You can buy Mosab Abu Toha’s most recent book here: https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/forest-of-noise-mosab-abu-toha?utm_campaign=buy_button&utm_medium=hcwpnetwork&utm_source=www.4thestate.co.uk&variant=41658362560590
You can buy Mohammed El-Kurd’s most recent book here: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1744-rifqa
Link to MAP (Medical Aid for Palestinians): https://www.map.org.uk/
Link to a guide published by BDS: https://bdsmovement.net/Guide-to-BDS-Boycott
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