Today I interviewed Lydia Luke - poet, storyteller and author of 'copper & lead'. She's a sensitive and sensual writer with some interesting experimental work. And a huge Toni Morrison fan, who I adore! Really enjoyed this interview, hope you do too. ~ Julianne
Here are the interview questions:
1. You have a degree in Black British Writing from Goldsmiths, UoL. What was the most interesting, surprising or exciting work that you read on that course?
2. Tell us how that impacted your poetry/writing?
3. What are you currently reading?
4. Tell us about your work at Prism Writers.
5. Tell us about ‘copper & lead’ — what inspired this story?
6. Do you consider yourself more of a poet or a prose writer?
7. In terms of genre, how would you define ‘copper & lead’?
8. Can you describe yourself in 3 words?
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Lydia Luke is a poet and writer based in Epsom, UK. Her work has been published by AFROPUNK, Syla Studio, Kandaka, Sweet-Thang Zine, Lungs Project and Lacuna Lit. Her writing practice predicates on delineating the human condition through the prisms of Black womanhood, sensuality, music, the sacred and radical honesty. She co-facilitates PRISM WRITERS; a writer’s group for Black women held at the Southbank Centre and has a master's degree in Black British Writing from Goldsmiths, University of London.
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Our Cyber Smut anthology is a collection of 25 poems and short stories about how the internet and technology impacts our lives, our sexuality, and how we love. Release date is 15 September 2020. For pre-orders visit: gutspublishing.com/books