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Kae Tempest

Literature as empathy: A call for stories that bridge divides and ignite understanding

ANOTHER WORLD IS POSSIBLE

Literature as empathy: A call for stories that bridge divides and ignite understanding

By Mark Heywood

Things fall apart – between a Buffalo and a hard place

TUESDAY EDITORIAL

Things fall apart – between a Buffalo and a hard place

By Mark Heywood

The Line is a Curve: Taking Kae Tempest’s temperature

Poetry Review

The Line is a Curve: Taking Kae Tempest’s temperature

By Mark Heywood

The lesson according to Desmond Tutu and Kae Tempest: The Power of People’s Faces

GIVE ME HOPE, MZANZI

The lesson according to Desmond Tutu and Kae Tempest: The Power of People’s Faces

By Mark Heywood

Shuggie and Agnes Bain — two newborns on the pantheon of the great characters of world literature

BOOK REVIEW

Shuggie and Agnes Bain — two newborns on the pantheon of the great characters of world literature

By Mark Heywood

Tempest and Shafak On Connection and Numbness

Writing Under Lockdown

Tempest and Shafak On Connection and Numbness

By Mark Heywood