The Echo Chamber

Paul Farley presents a series showcasing the best of the latest poetry

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Danez Smith
"I think about poems as these little bursts of humanity."
Carol Ann Duffy
"Poetry is hard work. But I don't think it should be up its arse."
Ocean Vuong
"My family couldn't read. The book was another nation they could not emigrate to."
Terrance Hayes
"In America right now it's like dystopia. Have these poems really changed anything?"
Wayne Holloway-Smith
"I don't think I really knew that poets existed."
Kaveh Akbar

"No interesting poem is just one thing, right?"
Mary Jean Chan

"I realised that English poetry could be a safe haven. It became my queer language."
Caroline Bird

"If you try to sum up what the poem's about you're going to pop the bubble."
Carol Ann Duffy

"Poetry is hard work. But I don't think it should be up its arse."

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