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PART I - last Wednesday marked one year since D’Angelo’s passing. He’s an artist I’ve grown up with and continue to grow with, whose music has soundtracked so many different seasons of my life.

His debut album, Brown Sugar, was one of those records that made me fall in love with neo-soul. I have vivid memories of listening to it on a road trip as a child, and I’ve carried that love with me ever since. D’Angelo was a student of music, his culture and his people, and he celebrated Black women and love SO boldly.

This is the introduction to the poem I wrote for @inuaellams and @05events ’ R.A.P Party (Rhythm and Poetry Party) at @youngvictheatre , an evening bringing spoken word and D’Angelo’s Brown Sugar together, with poets responding to each track through poetry.

My allocated track was Lady… and this is a little context before the poem. 🖤🤎

#dangelo #spokenword #londonpoet

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Announcing the full line-up for For the Culture: The Black Defiance RAP Party THIS Friday 16 October at 7pm:

⚡Your host for the evening, Inua Ellams @inuaellams
⚡ Courtney Conrad @courtneyconradpoetry
⚡ Femi Tiwo @ancestral.fave
⚡ Obioma Ugoala @obiomaugoala
⚡ Racheal Ofori @racheal_ofori
⚡ Takunda Muzondiwa @takunda101
⚡ Zakariye Abdillahi @zakariyyee
⚡ Belinda Zhawi @ma.moyo
⚡ BREIS @mrbreis
⚡ Adisa The Verbalizer @adisapoet
⚡ with a DJ set from TONE @toney_baloney

This special Black Defiance edition invites audiences and writers to respond to songs that speak to breaking systems, perceptions, and rules, and highlighting the staying power of Black British voices in music.

🗓️16 October
Tickets selling fast

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Accessible to everyone, make the most of our Pinch Tickets to this special night inspired by Brown Sugar. Hosted by Inua Ellams, 10 incredible poets from Greater Manchester will create and share new work in response to D’Angelo’s timeless debut - bringing fresh perspectives, live poetry and music to the stage.

The Pinch Ticket is a lower-priced ticket available for anyone feeling the pinch - no proof needed, no questions asked.

📅 15 Oct
📍 Contact
🎟️ Tickets on our website

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To mark the first anniversary of D'Angelo’s passing, @inuaellams brings together 10 poets from Manchester and beyond for a special rendition of the Brown Sugar RAP Party.

What might eloquent voices from contemporary poetry and spoken word movements have to say about our present realities? What could be the soundtrack to our day-to-day lives? Come chill and find out at this Rhythm And Poetry Party, a nostalgic, no-clutter, no-fuss, night of live poetry and music.

Featuring @pabitez, @griotgabriel, @khadijah.ibrahiim, @shegelu, @keratoreh, @ella.otomewo, @shebekeke, @yusra_warsama, @reeceiw and @inuaellams.

Join us for fresh perspectives on the timeless journeys, questions and reflections raised by D’Angelo.

Presented by @05events in partnership with MLF and @contactmcr.

🗓️ 8pm, Thu 15 Oct
📍 Contact
🎟️ Link in bio!

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What one song would you choose to keep for the future? Why? And what would you say about it?

I was invited to write a response in verse as part of @inuaellams Rhythm and Poetry Party for this event inspired by the Letters to the Future Festival and @southbankcentre’s 75th anniversary.

The format is simple: ten writers each share a piece of work followed by two songs for the DJ to play.

An amazing event, held in collaboration with @05events and @outspokenldn . I was honoured to be alongside Anthony Anaxagorou, Ashley Hickson-Lovence, Che Lingo, Rachel Long, Caitlin O’Ryan, Joelle Taylor, Iman Amrani and Travis Alabanza.

After the poem the songs, my second by the extraordinary @natachaatlas

And what amazing interpreting by @pettra.bsl.interpreter.

These were my words. The poem called Feeling Future.

Video recorded by my dad. ❤️

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my heart is so so full after this event 🥹🫶🏼❤️‍🩹

haven't performed in years & this was truly such a joyous & affirming evening !! feel so privileged to have been part of the line-up & to celebrate so many other talented ESEA artists !!

thanks @2ahuynhproduces & @05events for curating such a wonderful evening !!

📷: @narra_era 🫶🏼

also i deadass thought my eyes were closed in these photos but i zoomed in & they are in fact oPEN 😭😭 PLS

also what are we gossiping about lmaooo

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ESEA RAP Party last Wednesday!

Thank you to @2ahuynhproduces, @meimeimac, and @05events for having me on such an incredible line-up! Happy to have read the title poem from Neon Manila and to have the DJ play Point of No Return by @zsazsapadilla, my contribution to the ESEA playlist and personal queer Filipino anthem :)

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📢New event
🎤ESEA R.A.P Party: In the Mood for Resistance
🗓️Thursday, 16 July, 6pm

Join award-winning poet Romalyn Ante @romalynante for a creative writing workshop exploring how music, memory, language, and cultural identity can become sites of resistance, connection, and expression.

Presented as part of ESEA R.A.P Party — a special East and Southeast Asian edition of Inua Ellams' @inuaellams internationally acclaimed R.A.P Party platform — the workshop invites participants to engage with sound as a catalyst for storytelling, reflection, and collective imagination. Through a series of writing prompts and conversations, participants will explore the ways music carries personal histories, diasporic experiences, joy, and acts of resilience across generations and geographies.

Open to writers of all levels and backgrounds, the workshop particularly welcomes members of East and Southeast Asian communities interested in exploring creative writing as a space for dialogue, experimentation, and exchange.

🔗Participation in this event is by application only. Find out more, including how to submit your application, via the link in bio.

Image of ESEA R.A.P Party writing workshop. Courtesy of Erika Hesketh.

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SIDE B
Introducing the second half of the ESEA R.A.P Party mixtape.
This line-up brings together award-winning writers alongside emerging voices performing their work publicly for the very first time. Different generations. Different disciplines. One stage. One big celebration.

Meet: ✨ @oops_chen_x  ✨ @troycabida  ✨ @emmadai  ✨ @irisakwok  ✨ willjharris123

On Wednesday 15th July (next week), Side A and Side B come together for one night only, 10 artists, one live DJ soundtrack and an evening of poetry, rap and spoken word inspired by the music that shaped us.

If you’ve been thinking about coming, this is your sign.

🎟️ Tickets are available now via the link in our bio.

See you next Wednesday zaoancollective doors open at 6!

#ESEARAPParty #Poetry #SpokenWord #LivePerformance #LondonEvents ESEA Writers LondonPoetry CreativeCommunity

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Happy Independent Bookshop Week! It’s a good moment to let you know I’ll be reading at three wonderful indies in the coming months: @poetry_pharmacy_ with @r.l.drake, @ebb_bristol with @suzannahvevans, and @burleyfisher in conversation with Will Harris about my new pamphlet To an Unknown Receiver (@guillemotpress). Yay!

Between now and October I’ll also be visiting @arvon__, @oxfordpoetrylibrary and @winchesterpoetry‘s Poetry Day. I’m also thrilled to be part of a super-cool line-up of ESEA artists for a R.A.P. Party organised by @2ahuynhproduces and @meimeimac with @05events (full line-up to be revealed soon!)

Finally, I’m bringing back my online workshop on Shaping a Collection with @poetrybusiness if you fancy that in September.

But first off I’m looking forward to this Thursday’s free online launch for To an Unknown Receiver, featuring @jenniferleetsai and @imogen_wade_poetry.

Swipe right for the full listings! Tickets and more info are available via ericahesketh.co.uk/events and the organisers. Hopefully see you somewhere along the way.

Pictured: happy Erica standing outside @verandabookshop, one of the many lovely independent shops who supported my debut collection In the Lily Room (@ninearchespress). Thank you!

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April Newsletter stuff…

1 / Masculinities
2 / Lyra Festival
3 / An Evening With
4 / Once Upon a Time

#linkinbio

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