Mixed Race Studies
Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.
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Tag: Hannah Lowe
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The recipient of the Costa book of the year for The Kids, Hannah Lowe may have just about achieved her goal, learns Anna Lamche
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“My reasons for writing began with my father, and he remains the elusive character I search for, opening one door after another.”
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In a new poem for Radio 4, Hannah Lowe explores the mysteries surrounding the lives of her Chinese Jamaican family.
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12% of UK households are mixed race. These are our stories.
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Chan, poetry by Hannah Lowe The Asian Review of Books 2017-01-08 Theophilus Kwek From the gangplank of a pre-war steamship to the present, via the jazz underground of 1960s London, Hannah Lowe’s rewarding second collection revels in the company of an unlikely crew of voices and personalities. Chan takes its name from the poet’s father…
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Hannah Lowe’s latest collection of poetry “Chan” (Bloodaxe, 2016) revisits the characters and stories from her first collection, “Chick” (Bloodaxe, 2013), which won the Michaels Murphy memorial Award for Best First Collection, and was short-listed for the Forward, Aldeburgh and Seamus Heaney Best First Collection Prizes.
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Chan Bloodaxe Books 2016-06-23 72 pages 234 x 156 mm Paperback ISBN: 9781780372839 E-book ISBN: 9781780372846 Hannah Lowe Chan is a mercurial name, representing the travellers and shape-shifters of the poems in this collection. It is one of the many nicknames of Hannah Lowe’s Chinese-Jamaican father, borrowed from the Polish émigré card magician Chan Canasta.…
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Understanding and Hearing the Afro-Asian Atlantic Princeton University African American Studies 2016-03-21 Presenters: Tao Leigh Goffe, Kerry Young, Hannah Lowe, Randy Chin, and John Kuo Wei Tchen A panel exploring the intersections of literature, reggae, and the relationships between the minority Chinese community in the Caribbean and the majority Afro-Caribbean community This panel will be…
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12 British Poets Share Their Favourite Poems For #NationalPoetryDay BuzzFeed 2015-10-08 Fiona Rutherford, BuzzFeed News Reporter London, England …3. Rachel Long Amaal Said Age: 26 Themes in your work: Sexuality, growing up, hurt, mixed parentage, love, eating disorders, death, dreams. Favourite poem: Impossible to choose. I’ve sat here for a half hour with fingers over…
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High Yellow Poetry Foundation October 2014 Hannah Lowe Errol drives me to Treasure Beach It’s an old story, the terrible storm swerving the dark country roads the ship going down, half the sailors I think about what you will be, your mix drowned, half swimming the white, black, Chinese, and your father’s slate waves, spat…