Commonwealth Poetry Podcast

Exploring Grenada Through Poetry with Amy J.W. Jones

September 01, 2024 Gyles Brandreth & Aphra Brandreth
Exploring Grenada Through Poetry with Amy J.W. Jones
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Commonwealth Poetry Podcast
Exploring Grenada Through Poetry with Amy J.W. Jones
Sep 01, 2024
Gyles Brandreth & Aphra Brandreth

In this fortnight's episode, Gyles and Aphra Brandreth embark on a literary journey to Grenada, the "Island of Spice," with acclaimed Grenadian writer Amy J.W. Jones. Join us as Amy shares her early love for poetry, inspired by her father's passion, and discusses the social issues that have shaped her work. Sharing poems from her collections, Beyond Fables: Poetry, and A-Z Odyssey. Poems this episode include: Black Woman by Amy J.W. Jones; After Today by Amy J.W. Jones; and Because the dawn breaks by Merle Collins.

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In this fortnight's episode, Gyles and Aphra Brandreth embark on a literary journey to Grenada, the "Island of Spice," with acclaimed Grenadian writer Amy J.W. Jones. Join us as Amy shares her early love for poetry, inspired by her father's passion, and discusses the social issues that have shaped her work. Sharing poems from her collections, Beyond Fables: Poetry, and A-Z Odyssey. Poems this episode include: Black Woman by Amy J.W. Jones; After Today by Amy J.W. Jones; and Because the dawn breaks by Merle Collins.