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'Poems see the future - and read the past' Lemn Sissay on the importance of poetry
Lemn Sissay joins Mark to talk about 'Gold from the Stone', a 'greatest hits' poetry anthology which looks back over his life.
Lemn released his first book of poetry in 1988 aged 21, and has been a full time writer pretty much ever since. He's been artist in residence at London's Southbank, and his work's featured at the Royal Academy and the British Film Institute, and was elected as Chancellor of the University of Manchester in 2015. Lemn is a regular contributor on Radio 4 and the 大象传媒's Book Panel.
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Interviewed Guest | Lemn Sissay |
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