The New Testament by Jericho Brown

The New Testament by Jericho BrownJericho Brown's The New Testament is a devastating meditation on race, sexuality and contemporary American society by one of the most important voices in US poetry, and the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. 'To read Jericho Brown's poems is to encounter devastating genius.' Claudia Rankine. In poems of immense clarity, lyricism and skill, Brown shows us a world where disease runs through the body, violence runs through the neighbourhood, and

and she struggled to subvert the conventions

Amrou Al-Kadhi writes about trying to make it as a Muslim drag queen in London

It's the week before Hallowe'en

and just one of many

dark nights

A librarian learns a new friend is desperate to die

Monique listens in fascination as the actress tells her story

The Road to Wigan Pier

In Northern Ireland's centenary year

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Ranging from Homer and Sappho to Donne and Milton

terrible loss and immense joy