A SUNDAY TIMES BEST POETRY BOOK OF THE YEAR
In this blistering anthology, poet, editor and DJ Kayo Chingonyi brings together a selection of exceptional Black British poets. This is his dream mixtape featuring a cross-generational span of current poets extending and inhabiting the spirits of the ancestors. Following in the tread of Lemn Sissay's The Fire People, More Fiya aims to lodge in the mind of its readers for a lifetime, radiating to touch the lives of many.
Including work from: Jason Allen-Paisant, Raymond Antrobus, Janette Ayachi, Dean Atta, Malika Booker, Eric Ngalle Charles, Dzifa Benson, Inua Ellams, Samatar Elmi, Khadijah Ibrahiim, Keith Jarrett, Anthony Joseph, Safiya Kamaria Kinshasa, Vanessa Kisuule, Rachel Long, Adam Lowe, Nick Makoha, Karen McCarthy Woolf, Momtaza Mehri, Bridget Minamore, Selina Nwulu, Gboyega Odubanjo, Louisa Adjoa Parker, Roger Robinson, Denise Saul, Kim Squirrell, Warsan Shire, Rommi Smith, Yomi Sode, Degna Stone, Keisha Thompson, Kandace Siobhan Walker, Warda Yassin, Belinda Zhawi
- 288 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
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First published in Great Britain, the USA and Canada in 2022
by Canongate Books Ltd, 14 High Street, Edinburgh EH1 1TE
by Canongate Books Ltd, 14 High Street, Edinburgh EH1 1TE
Distributed in the USA by Publishers Group West and in Canada
by Publishers Group Canada
by Publishers Group Canada
canongate.co.uk
This digital edition first published in 2022 by Canongate Books
Introduction copyright © Kayo Chingonyi, 2022
All poems © the individual poets, 2022, aside from those listed here
All poems © the individual poets, 2022, aside from those listed here
The right of the editor and contributors to be identified as the
authors of this work has been asserted by them in accordance
with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988
authors of this work has been asserted by them in accordance
with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988
British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available on
request from the British Library
A catalogue record for this book is available on
request from the British Library
ISBN 978 1 83885 530 7
eISBN 978 1 83885 531 4
eISBN 978 1 83885 531 4
in love and fellowship
Contents
Kayo Chingonyi
Introduction
Jason Allen-Paisant
Maple Grove
Learning Birdsong
Tree Dreaming
Raymond Antrobus
The Acceptance
And That
For Cousin John
Dean Atta
No Ascension
Signet
Two Black Boys in Paradise
Janette Ayachi
The Lovers
QuickFire, Slow Burning
Worshipping Grief
Dzifa Benson
For the Love of Hendrik de Jongh, Drummer from Batavia
Ms Hipson, the tall Dutchwoman, dreams of dancing with a man tall enough to make her feel delicate
Ms Sidonia married twice and retir...
Table of contents
- Kayo Chingonyi
- Jason Allen-Paisant
- Raymond Antrobus
- Dean Atta
- Janette Ayachi
- Dzifa Benson
- Malika Booker
- Eric Ngalle Charles
- Inua Ellams
- Samatar Elmi
- Khadijah Ibrahiim
- Keith Jarrett
- Anthony Joseph
- Safiya Kamaria Kinshasa
- Vanessa Kisuule
- Rachel Long
- Adam Lowe
- Nick Makoha
- Karen McCarthy Woolf
- Momtaza Mehri
- Bridget Minamore
- Selina Nwulu
- Gboyega Odubanjo
- Louisa Adjoa Parker
- Roger Robinson
- Denise Saul
- Warsan Shire
- Rommi Smith
- Yomi Ṣode
- Kim Squirrell
- Degna Stone
- Keisha Thompson
- Kandace Siobhan Walker
- Warda Yassin
- Belinda Zhawi
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Permission Acknowledgements
- Reading Group Guide
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