TALK’s first guest, poet Sonny Hall.

Host Dana Boulos and poet Sonny Hall discuss staying creative and starting a new venture during the pandemic. He is also kind enough to do a live reading of a poem that had not yet been released.

More about Sonny Hall.

Hall recently launched an independent publishing house and poetry club under the name, Blue Beggar Books with their first title Introducing The Beggar available for pre-order now. Co-founded with Ryan Kevin Doyle, Blue Beggar Books is a hierarchy-less community of established and unestablished poets.

South London-born Hall, began his career as a model after being scouted in 2014, now represented by Kate Moss's modeling agency, Hall has graced the pages of GQ, LOVE, and Vogue Italia. In 2019, Hall self-published his first book The Blues Comes With Good News, an anthology of 109 poems. Which was then Published as a second edition, by Hodder & Stoughton.

Why TALK loves Sonny Hall -- We love his perspectives on creativity and the outlook that we should celebrate the raw ideas we have, that we don’t need to perfect every single thing, as well as how honest Sonny is with himself.

Blue Beggar Books will take open submissions later this year for their first anthology. The house strives to give a voice to un-established poets, amongst many great versifiers.

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