In Conversation: Anthony Joseph
Anthony Joseph works across numerous artforms and has been celebrated as ‘the leader of the black avant-garde in Britain.’ His new collection, Haunting the Black Air, journeys between London, New York, Trinidad and beyond, and spans an emotional spectrum from unabashed joy to crippling grief. Whether at funeral in New Cross or a house party in Mount Lambert, Anthony brings heart, soul and verbal ingenuity to the act of unifying life’s beautiful fragments.
Join the T. S. Eliot Prize-winning author in conversation with Hannah Lavery for a mixture of readings from and discussion about this formally daring and emotionally incisive collection.
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