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A Poetry Dialogue At Yari Yari Ntoaso – 18th May

Sable Litmag Presents a Poetry Dialogue at the Yari Yari Ntoaso symposium of African women’s voices

Sonia Sanchez
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Leaving Hakeem by Sam Sabo…

Today it’s an English boy Hakeem brings home. She sees him walking into the toilet as she comes up the stairs. The black briefs he is wearing are leather with spiky silver studs around

Seni Seneviratne…

I first heard Seni’s poetry back in the 1980s, when she was still collaborating with the writer, and artist, Maya Chowdhry, making the voices of British Asian feminists heard. Politics has always been a core motivating force of Seni’s work.

Forever Summer by Christopher Liew…

A SABLE /Futureversity alumni student, Chris has consistently shown himself to be a young writer committed to developing his craft. I enjoy working with Chris; he knows how to produces the goods with his sensitive writing.

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