{"id":47608,"date":"2016-06-13T14:39:19","date_gmt":"2016-06-13T14:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=47608"},"modified":"2016-06-13T14:39:19","modified_gmt":"2016-06-13T14:39:19","slug":"large-abroad-london-poet-laureate-raymond-antrobus-staying-true-to-jamaican-roots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=47608","title":{"rendered":"Large Abroad | London poet laureate Raymond Antrobus staying true to Jamaican roots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jamaica-gleaner.com\/article\/lead-stories\/20160613\/large-abroad-london-poet-laureate-raymond-antrobus-staying-true\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>Large Abroad | London poet laureate Raymond Antrobus staying true to Jamaican roots<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jamaica-gleaner.com\" target=\"_blank\">The Gleaner<\/a><br \/>\nKingston, Jamaica<br \/>\n2016-06-13<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:andre.poyser@gleanerjm.com\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Andre Poyser<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jamaica-gleaner.com\/article\/lead-stories\/20160613\/large-abroad-london-poet-laureate-raymond-antrobus-staying-true\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/jamaica-gleaner.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/jg_article_image\/public\/media\/article_images\/2016\/06\/12\/RaymondAntrobus.jpg\" width=\"550\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.raymondantrobus.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><small>Raymond Antrobus<\/small><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.raymondantrobus.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Raymond Antrobus<\/a> continues to be in strong contention to be named <a href=\"http:\/\/www.londonlaureates.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Young Poet Laureate for London<\/a> &#8211; a position awarded annually to a poet age 21-30 living in the United Kingdom capital.<\/p>\n<p>Antrobus, a second-generation Jamaican born and bred in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/East_London\" target=\"_blank\">East London<\/a>, has been redefining what it means to be a poet in the 21st century through monologues, which Calabash co-founder <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kwamedawes.com\" target=\"_blank\">Kwame Dawes<\/a> describes as stunning studies of voice and substance.<\/p>\n<p>While he only visits <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jamaica\" target=\"_blank\">Jamaica<\/a> occasionally, the young poet says he owes his graceful and finely crafted lyric poems, another characterisation penned by Dawes, to his Jamaican heritage&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Read the entire article <a href=\"http:\/\/jamaica-gleaner.com\/article\/lead-stories\/20160613\/large-abroad-london-poet-laureate-raymond-antrobus-staying-true\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Large Abroad | London poet laureate Raymond Antrobus staying true to Jamaican roots The Gleaner Kingston, Jamaica 2016-06-13 Andre Poyser Raymond Antrobus Raymond Antrobus continues to be in strong contention to be named Young Poet Laureate for London &#8211; a position awarded annually to a poet age 21-30 living in the United Kingdom capital. 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