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This week, join Lauren Korn in a conversation with poet Raymond Antrobus, whose collection
The Perseverance examines his D/deaf experience alongside meditations on loss, grief, education and language both spoken and signed.
About Raymond: Raymond Antrobus FRSL was born in London to an English mother and Jamaican father. He was awarded the 2017 Geoffrey Dearmer Prize (judged by Ocean Vuong), as well as the 2019
Sunday Times/University of Warwick Young Writer of the Year Award.
His second full-length collection of poems,
All The Names Given, is forthcoming from Tin House and Picador in 2021. Raymond is currently based in Oklahoma City.
Sunday Times / University of Warwick Young Writer of the Year Award.
First of all, congratulations on winning the 2020 Sunday Times / University of Warwick Young Writer of the Year Award! How does it feel to have the book recognised in this way, at this moment?
It’s nice personally, but it’s a strange year to win. I am conflicted because so many others are struggling. It’s weird to be handed a cash prize during a pandemic. It’s also funny because people often ask what I will do with it, but the truth is that every penny is going to the landlord.