What’s the worst thing a poet can do?

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Lemn Sissay

The poet should never be without a notepad. The note pad is an artery. You feel it beating. You’re heart quickens each time you pick up the pen and write. Electrocardiograph lines spread across Read more [...]

Names to watch in 2012.

Posted on January 1, 2012 by Lemn Sissay

Please add to this list of names to watch in 2012. The only rule is you can’t put your own name on the list only people who will be creating exciting work in 2012. Here are eight of mine: writer Read more [...]

Work in 2011. Part two of two.

Posted on January 1, 2012 by Lemn Sissay

We’re getting to the year-end now. November sees the end of The Superhero Project, which I put together for Ealing Social Services. It was a four-month series of arts activity. On average Ealing brought Read more [...]

Work in 2011. Part one of two.

Posted on January 1, 2012 by Lemn Sissay

Here is a selection of my work 2011. I presented One Love a documentary on Bob Marley broadcast on BBC World Service and Pieces of a Man a documentary on Gil Scott Heron broadcast on BBC radio 4. Click Read more [...]

Carlos Moore resolves case against FELA THE MUSICAL

Posted on December 18, 2011 by Lemn Sissay

A year ago I met Dr Carlos Moore in South Africa when he received the lawsuit (faxed to him from New York) which he filed against various parties in FELA THE MUSICAL. It's taken twelve months. Read more [...]

Let There Be Peace. Manchester 2011.

Posted on December 9, 2011 by Lemn Sissay

As part of my Poems as Landmarks project the poem "Let There Be Peace" is being painted right now at University Place in Manchester University. Thanks to Andy Coles for kindly sending this photo. Read more [...]

Foster Kid Is Poetry Champ – A Superhero

Posted on December 9, 2011 by Lemn Sissay

“Foster Kid Is Poetry Champ” reads the Sun Newspaper this morning. Another child from The Superhero Project has won a national award. The first was a boy called Robert Marston who won the Foyles Read more [...]

We Are Poets – Review

Posted on December 2, 2011 by Lemn Sissay

We Are Poets is a documentary following the journey of six Leeds based young authors who take on America at a slam competition in Washington DC. I'm afraid I’ve never been a fan of the poetry slam Read more [...]

Black Men On The Couch

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Lemn Sissay

When one of the greatest musicians of his generation requests your presence on stage in front of fifty thousand people the answer you give is “Yes”. But I was already booked at in Stratford Read more [...]

How To Achieve Your Desire. Hic.

Posted on November 12, 2011 by Lemn Sissay

The inglorious power of alcohol is that it makes desire feel like it’s being achieved. If your desire is to win friends and influence people then alcohol will allow you to feel as much. So Read more [...]