Jane's collection Assembly Lines, published by Bloodaxe Books, is available here.

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Poems and poets Roy mentions during our conversation are:

John McCullough, Natalie Diaz and Mary Jean Chan - and the poems he reads are Langston Hughes' The Negro Speaks of Rivers and Nikki Giovanni's Mothers, plus Roy's own poem from the new collection, To The Heron Who Stood With Me In The Ruins of Another Black Man's Life.

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Next month we speak to poet and visual artist Sophie Herxheimer in her London home.

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In this pilot episode we hear from Deb Alma, poet, editor and founder of the Poetry Pharmacy. Deb cheated, generously choosing two poems by other poets and only one of her own! Today's question: how has poetry helped you?

Visit the Poetry Pharmacy website here.

Find Deb's own collection, Dirty Laundry, here.

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