A Poet Walks Into a Bar
The first poem I ever performed in public was in the basement of a Starbucks. It was something sweet, innocent […]
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More“…The only thing that helped me stay connected to who I was was my writing” Who am I? I am […]
MoreJoseph Coelho has been a long-time friend of Apples and Snakes. With his latest release, Poems Aloud, what better way […]
More“I speak here of poetry as a revelatory distillation of experience, not the sterile word play that, too often, the […]
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MoreIn July this year Rick Dove became the oldest ever Hammer & Tongue National Slam Champion. Rick was a participant in our Red Sky Sessions and he was […]
MoreWe are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of our great friend and most powerful poet, Jean Binta Breeze. […]
MorePreparations for this year’s SPINE Festival are well underway and we can’t wait for it to start in June. The […]
MoreZena recently joined Apples and Snakes officially as a Consulting Artistic Associate. She has been a long time friend of […]
MoreIn the second part of this blog, Artistic Director of Apples and Snakes, Lisa Mead, and Consulting Artistic Associate, Zena […]
MoreArtistic Director of Apples and Snakes, Lisa Mead, interviewed our friends Abiodun Oyewole and Umar Bin Hassan from The Last […]
MoreLesbian history is obscured by centuries of misogyny, homophobia and class difference. As a consequence, much of the material available refers to upper and middle-class women, in the form of diaries, artworks and analytical texts.
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MoreBeth Calverley, founder of The Poetry Machine, has seen the positive effects of poetry through her work within health and […]
MoreWritten by Ming Akila with an introduction from Talia Randall A+S: Could we start with each of you giving us […]
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More28 May 2021 In response to Black Lives Matter, we have started to embed equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging (EDIB) […]
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