JUST READ THE POEMS! (Does what it says on the tin)
Our city is a nursery of versery and every fortnight(ish) Edinburgh49 will deliver a double dose of poems auld and new, read by one of the city’s leading spoken word talents.
THIS WEEK…
RACHEL McCRUM
READS HER OWN:
Are the Kids Alright?
E49 – Just Read the Poems – S01E03 – RM’s Are the Kids Alright
AND AGNES TOROK READS…
Freedom by Rabindranath Tagore
E49 – Just Read The Poems – S01E03 – AT reads Rabindranath Tagore’s Freedom
ABOUT RACHEL McCRUM
Rachel landed in Edinburgh in 2010, via Manchester, New Zealand, Oxford and a small seaside town in Northern Ireland. Her first pamphlet, The Glassblower Dances, won the 2013 Callum MacDonald Award from the National Library of Scotland. She was the Michael Marks Poet in Residence at the Harvard Centre for Hellenic Studies in Greece in July 2013, and spent time in South Africa as part of the Scottish Poetry Library/British Council project Commonwealth Poets United in the spring of 2014. Mostly, she really likes getting up on stages.
Rachel’s Favourite View in Edinburgh?: From the top of the Scott Monument.
ABOUT AGNES
Agnes Török is a multilingual spoken word performer, poetry workshop leader, poetry event organiser, and human. Her show, ‘Sorry I Don’t Speak Culture,’ was awarded the Best International Spoken Word Show (PBH) at the 2014 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Agnes is also part of running the collaborative spoken word movement Loud Poets. Her two favourite gigs ever were in a muddy Nepalese classroom and an Edinburgh Bingo Hall with pink neon signs. www.agnestorok.org & www.loudpoets.com
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