Since 2001 the Cape Farewell project has worked across the UK with artists from all disciplines to create art that responds to and informs the fight against the climate crisis. As the coronavirus pandemic hit Britain, Cape Farewell launched the…
Author: David Dykes
“The Natural World as a Core of Poetics”: An Interview with Marvin Thompson
Thompson recently gained attention when his amazing sestina “Triptych”, commenting on the installing of a plaque commemorating slave trader Thomas Phillips, was published by The Outposted Project (the plaque was shortly after torn down). Spanning generations of trauma across tightly woven stanzas, “Triptych” epitomises much of the skill Thompson shows in his debut collection Road Trip in his ability to thread his personal experiences of racism across the band of Britain’s post-war colonial legacy.