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Daljit Nagra presents a series showcasing the best new poetry and spoken word.

Series showcasing the best new poetry and spoken word, presented by Radio 4 poet-in-residence Daljit Nagra

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24/07/2017

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Raymond Antrobus, Miriam Nash and the best new poetry books, festivals and events.

Raymond Antrobus, Miriam Nash, Wayne Holloway-Smith and the best new poetry books, festivals and events.

Poets grapple with their origins in the second episode of Blast, Radio 4's new alternative poetry series featuring the best new poetry and spoken word performance. 

Radio 4's poet-in-residence Daljit Nagra pays a visit to Bradford Literature Festival and to Herefordshire, for the 21st annual Ledbury Poetry Festival, to meet poets writing about difficult fathers and absent mothers, upbringings and lost parents.

Wayne Holloway-Smith on failing to lift heavy objects on his dad's building site. Miriam Nash on growing up across two houses and the difficulty of saying where you're 'from'. Roy McFarlane on growing up in the Black Country and finding out - at the age of 14 - that he was adopted. Raymond Antrobus on trying to come to terms with losing his father. And Lebanese poet Zeina Hashem-Beck on correcting her mother's broken English. 

Produced by Mair Bosworth and Hana Walker-Brown.

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