Im stephen sackur. Its always dangerous to generalise about the human impulse to create art, but it does seem its often linked to the experience of dark, painful places. My guest today is a renowned poet and playwright, whose writing and performances lay bare his own intimate wounds. Lemn sissay was abandoned as a baby, rejected by his foster family, abused in Public Institutions of care. He has since been on a quest to understand his past, and piece together his identity. Along the way, he found a remarkable poetic voice. How . Lemn sissay, welcome to hardtalk. Hi, stephen. You are a writer, a poet, but you are also a public performer. One is very solitary, one by definition is clearly public. Which is the more authentic, comfortable you 7 you know, i think theyre both authentic, and both comfortable. You need to. You need to you need to be alone to write, and to explore, and to find the sort of chemical compound of the poem. And you need to read on stage, so that that chemical compou
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