Mixed Race Studies
Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.
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Tag: Jackie Kay
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This international conference, the first on Kay’s work, brings together scholars from a wide range of literary and cultural studies.
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When Scotland’s national poet travelled to Nigeria to ask her birth father if he ever thought of her, he said no. Does it hurt to put this on stage? And should the next ‘makar’ be on £30,000?
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Based on the soul-searching memoir by Scots Makar Jackie Kay, adapted by Tanika Gupta, and directed by Dawn Walton.
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Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning cultural critic Margo Jefferson discusses her compelling life story with Scotland’s Makar, the poet and novelist Jackie Kay.
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Jackie Kay announces makar’s tour of all the Scottish islands The Guardian 2016-10-07 Libby Brooks, Scotland Correspondent The poet has revealed plans for ‘an odyssey’ that will take in overlooked parts of Scotland and form the basis of a long poem about the country As the UK lurches towards xenophobia, it is a writer’s responsibility…
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Scotland’s national poet writes for those who’ve been asked ‘where are you from?’ PBS NewsHour 2016-09-08 Jackie Kay is Scotland’s first black national poet. Adopted as a child, much of her poetry and prose speaks to her own experience of not feeling entirely welcome in her own country. “I wrote the poems that I wanted…
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Poet Jackie Kay recites her first commission as Scots Makar at Opening Ceremony The Scottish Parliament 2016-07-02 The poet, Jackie Kay has recited her first commission as Scots Makar, “Threshold”, at today’s Opening Ceremony of the Scottish Parliament.
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The SRB Interview: Jackie Kay Scottish Review of Books Volume 11, Issue 3 (2016) Opening one of Jackie Kay’s books is like walking into a busy metropolitan bar that has accommodated within its walls the deep past, character and charm of a country pub. You know you will encounter stories comic and sad, that you…
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Jackie Kay the new Scots Makar, Shaping the Body Woman’s Hour BBC Radio 4 2016-03-25 The acclaimed writer Jackie Kay has just been announced as the next Scots Makar – Scotland’s national poet. She tells Jenni about the plans she has for her new role. Today a new exhibition examining how food, fashion and lifestyle…
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Jackie Kay unveiled as the new National Poet, or Makar, of Scotland The Herald Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom 2016-03-15 Phil Miller Poet and author Jackie Kay The acclaimed writer Jackie Kay is the new National Poet for Scotland. Ms Kay, who lives in Manchester, who was awarded an MBE for her services to literature in 2006,…