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Bridget Hart

Andrew McMillan

Jane Yeh

Caroline Bird

Shagufta K. Iqbal

Stephen Lightbown

Abi Palmer

Mary Jean Chan

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Andra Simons reads his poem, 'Long Live The Queen'. This poem is taken from an interview with the editor of Lunar Poetry Podcasts, David Turner. That episode (number 84) can be found here: https://soundcloud.com/lunar-poetry-podcasts/thomas-ghetto-geek-owoo-andra-simons-poetry-unplugged-20yrsFor more info:https://twitter.com/apoemaweek https://www.facebook.com/apoemaweekpodcast/ https://lunarpoetrypodcasts.com/ https://andrasimons.wordpress.com/

Andra Simons reads his poem, 'Long Live The Queen'. This poem is taken from an interview with the editor of Lunar Poetry Podcasts, David Turner. That episode (number 84) can be found here: <a href="https://soundcloud.com/lunar-poetry-podcasts/thomas-ghetto-geek-owoo-andra-simons-poetry-unplugged-20yrs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://soundcloud.com/lunar-poetry-podcasts/thomas-ghetto-geek-owoo-andra-simons-poetry-unplugged-20yrs</a> For more info: <a href="https://twitter.com/apoemaweek" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/apoemaweek</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/apoemaweekpodcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/apoemaweekpodcast/</a> <a href="https://lunarpoetrypodcasts.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://lunarpoetrypodcasts.com/</a> <a href="https://andrasimons.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://andrasimons.wordpress.com/</a>

Ep.3 - 'Long Live The Queen' by Andra Simons

This episode is in three parts:Part 1 - Thomas "Ghetto Geek" Owoo is at Poetry at the PAD in Dagenham. We hear three poems from his feature set before he is joined on stage by the evening's host, The Repeat Beat Poet, and they chat about his writing practice.www.twitter.com/imaghettogeek www.facebook.com/imaghettogeek www.twitter.com/ThePADtv www.facebook.com/thepadtvPart 2 (31:42)- David Turner is talking to poet and performer Andra Simons about identity and how this informs his writing. Image of Andra taken by Joao Trindade.www.andrasimons.wordpress.comPart 3 (1:06:34)- A recording taken from the 20th anniversary celebrations of the weekly open-mic night Poetry Unplugged. The night (and this part of the episode) was broken into three sections.Section 1 - (1:07:49) Paul Birtill(1:09:01) Dean Wilson(1:10:09) Tim Wells(1:11:20)  Jason King(1:13:49) Tamsin Kendrick(1:15:59) Jon CitizenSection 2 - (1:17:15)   Graham Buchan(1:18:40)  Deryll Walsh(1:19:50)  John Stiles(1:21:11)     Jeremy Quinn(1:22:38)  Project Adorno(1:23:58)  Carl DhimanSection 3 - (1:25:43)  Joshua Idehen(1:29:27)   Nadia Drews(1:33:02)   Anna Kahn(1:36:23)   The Bros Grim(1:37:26)   Niall O'Sullivanwww.facebook.com/poetryunpluggedlondonpoetryunplugged@gmail.comA transcript of this episode is available to download here: https://lunarpoetrypodcasts.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/interview-with-andra-simons-thomas-owoo-lpp-transcript-ep84.pdf

This episode is in three parts: Part 1 - Thomas "Ghetto Geek" Owoo is at Poetry at the PAD in Dagenham. We hear three poems from his feature set before he is joined on stage by the evening's host, The Repeat Beat Poet, and they chat about his writing practice. <a href="http://www.twitter.com/imaghettogeek" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.twitter.com/imaghettogeek</a> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/imaghettogeek" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/imaghettogeek</a> <a href="http://www.twitter.com/ThePADtv" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.twitter.com/ThePADtv</a> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/thepadtv" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/thepadtv</a> Part 2 (31:42)- David Turner is talking to poet and performer Andra Simons about identity and how this informs his writing. Image of Andra taken by Joao Trindade. <a href="http://www.andrasimons.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.andrasimons.wordpress.com</a> Part 3 (1:06:34)- A recording taken from the 20th anniversary celebrations of the weekly open-mic night Poetry Unplugged. The night (and this part of the episode) was broken into three sections. Section 1 - (1:07:49) Paul Birtill (1:09:01) Dean Wilson (1:10:09) Tim Wells (1:11:20) Jason King (1:13:49) Tamsin Kendrick (1:15:59) Jon Citizen Section 2 - (1:17:15) Graham Buchan (1:18:40) Deryll Walsh (1:19:50) John Stiles (1:21:11) Jeremy Quinn (1:22:38) Project Adorno (1:23:58) Carl Dhiman Section 3 - (1:25:43) Joshua Idehen (1:29:27) Nadia Drews (1:33:02) Anna Kahn (1:36:23) The Bros Grim (1:37:26) Niall O'Sullivan <a href="http://www.facebook.com/poetryunpluggedlondon" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/poetryunpluggedlondon</a> poetryunplugged@gmail.com A transcript of this episode is available to download here: <a href="https://lunarpoetrypodcasts.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/interview-with-andra-simons-thomas-owoo-lpp-transcript-ep84.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://lunarpoetrypodcasts.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/interview-with-andra-simons-thomas-owoo-lpp-transcript-ep84.pdf</a>

Ep. 84 - Thomas "Ghetto Geek" Owoo; Andra Simons; Poetry Unplugged 20yrs (transcript available)