State of Play: Poets of East & Southeast Asian Heritage in Conversation poetry these poems are alive with

these poems are alive with surprising moments

McDermott’s poems root themselves firmly in the coastal landscapes of North Norfolk with a vivid and radical dialogue between nature

the Viking mercenary Egil Skallagrimsson extemporised a panegyric for the English and their king

but also the remains of that life’s meaning for us today – poetry helping record

These poems are a hymn to being alive in the twenty-first century - the frailties and vigour of life in all its dazzling form

State of Play: Poets of East & Southeast Asian Heritage in Conversation poetry these poems are alive withHow do we think of ourselves as poets? How does our race, our home(s), and our cultural heritage, shape our sense of belonging, our ways of seeing or experiencing the world? How can we learn from and offer support to each other? State of Play brings together conversations between an international line up of poets, taking place over the course of a year, to offer rich insights into these questions and the ways a life lived in many places can invigorate