Poet Daniel Sluman reads and discusses a selection of poems from his new poetry collection 'the terrible' (Nine Arches Press, 2016) at the launch for the book at the Institute of Creative and Critical Writing at Birmingham City University on 4th February 2016. 

Daniel Sluman is a 29-year-old poet and disability rights activist based in Oxfordshire, UK. He gained a BA and MA in Creative Writing from the University of Gloucestershire, and has previously held editorial roles at Dead Ink, Iota, and the award-winning disability anthology FTW: Poets against Atos. He was named one of Huffington Post’s Top 5 British Poets to Watch in 2015, and his debut poetry collection Absence has a weight of its own was released by Nine Arches Press to critical acclaim in 2012.

Further information about Daniel Sluman and 'the terrible' here: http://ninearchespress.com/publications/poetry-collections/the%20terrible.html


Daniel Sluman: live poetry from 'the terrible' book launch 04/02/2016

44. Poem: The Stars are the Map (Shetlandic) by Christine de Luca

From 'Stairs and Whispers: D/deaf and Disabled Poets Write Back' edited by Sandra Alland, Khairani Barokka and Daniel Sluman. Published by Nine Arches Press, 2017.

Nine Arches Press and this project is supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.

Find out more at http://bit.ly/stairsandwhispers

44. Poem: The Stars are the Map (Shetlandic) by Christine de Luca

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