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Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond.

Leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond, themed across a week - insight, opinion and intellectual surprise.

The Essay: Under the Influence: Under the Influence

The Essay: Under the Influence: Under the Influence: Part 5: Kei Miller

Under the Influence

Part 5 Part 5: Kei Miller

Kei Miller

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Indian-born choreographer Shobana Jeyasingh reflects on the influences shaping her dances.

Kei Miller was born in 1978 and grew up in Kingston, Jamaica. Now he lives in Glasgow. He reflects on the experiences that influence the sound and meaning of his work.

The poems of Kei Miller are rich and languorous. Their language reflects the speech of his native Jamaica, where he was born in 1978, and has a heightened, sometimes Biblical aspect. It sounds almost as if it were written for performance rather than to be read. Yet this is rigorous and literary work. In this essay, Miller reveals how the poetry of the American W. S. Merwin, who worked to communicate experience rather than express a meaning, has a profound effect on his own approach to composing poetry.

Producer: Julian May.

The Essay: Under the Influence

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People working in the arts discuss important influences on their careers

Series in which creative figures and those involved in the arts discuss important influences on their careers

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