Loulou & Tom talk to Mayor & Zayden Lindsay, father and son poets from Nottingham. Mayor Lindsay is a poet originally from Jamaica, now living in Nottingham, England, where he performs about racism, knife crime, poverty and more recently, the cost of living crisis. Zayden’s poetry deals with bullying, growing up, compassion ansd race. Zayden is fifteen and started writing poetry when he was nine.
We talked about their article in the BBC, performing poetry as father and son, organizing the event Power in Poetry, talking about race as Black people to a broad audience, the difference between life in Jamaica and in England, balancing poetry with work and school, and other bits.
You can follow Mayor and Zayden on Instagram @mayorlindsay and @zaydenlyricalgenius.
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CREDITS: Poetry To Your Eears is an independent podcast co-hosted and co-produced by Tom O’Dwyer and Éloïse “Loulou” Armary, in partnership with YDN Radio Brighton. The episode was recorded on Riverside.fm in January 2022. The soundtrack is ‘Dans la peau’ by Circus Marcus and the art cover is by Charlotte Gray - @grayglues.
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