Between The Covers : Conversations with Writers in Fiction, Nonfiction & Poetry

Dionne Brand : Nomenclature — New and Collected Poems

10.01.2022 - By David Naimon, Tin House BooksPlay

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Today’s guest Dionne Brand, to borrow the words of John Keene, “is without question one of the major living poets in the English language.” Kamau Brathwaite called Brand “our first major exile female poet.” Adrienne Rich described her as “a cultural critic of uncompromising courage, an artist in language and ideas, and an intellectual conscience […]

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