Roger Robinson
@rrobinson72
TS Eliot and Ondaatje Prize winning poet, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and alumni of The Complete Works and collaborator on The Rest Residency.
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https://rogerrobinson6.gumroad.com/ 14-04-2009 22:00:02
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One of Africaās biggest music exports - live in #Sheffield !
Meet the legendary Amadou & Mariam, one of our 2024 headliners.
Theyāve played in honour of Barack Obama, at Glastonbury and now for audiences The Leadmill too.
Tickets are flying out!
Join the crowds via the link in bio.
The wait is over! š§µ
Here's our first lineup poster for 2024, with headliners including:
Grammy-nominated musical duo Amadou & Mariam , who performed their Afrobeat hits at Glastonbury 23.
Genre-hopping Swiss band Sirens Of Lesbos
Prize-winning poet and performer Roger Robinson
āWe move authority like a strand of black hairā
- Sanah Ahsan, from āI Cannot Be Good Until You Say Itā Bloomsbury Books UK
Kwame Dawes is new poet laureate of Jamaica šÆš² ā¦Kwame Dawesā© jamaicaobserver.com/2024/04/09/kwaā¦
Lost to Arnold in the pose off in the Arnold Classic Ohio due to him having better definition!!
#lifeofapoet #arnoldscschwarzenegger #travel #ohio
Great event tonight inspired by Roger Robinson and Portable Paradise with readings by students as well as Cynthia Amoah & AjanaƩ Dawkins organized with the help of Peter Hahn
Still dreaming about this launch party. Come hang out with me, Roger Robinson, and Cynthia Amoah this Friday at 7pm at Urban Arts Space! There will be poems, food, drinks, and a little dancing as we create a moment of paradise ā¤ļø
If youāre in Columbus, Ohio, roll through to Urban Arts Space at 7 pm (link in bio). The final event of the Portable Paradise exhibition. Iām reading poems with Roger Robinson, Cynthia Amoah and some local students ā¤ļøāš„ the event is catered and thereās a cash bar.
Another reason to be at Friday nightās free poetry celebration: BOOKS! The Wexner Center for the Arts bookstore will be selling copies of Roger Robinson's āHome Is Not a Place,ā along with titles by Danez Smith, Aurielle Marie, & Phillip B. Williams, selected by AjanaĆ© Dawkins.
tinyurl.com/portableparadiā¦