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I come from. Dean Atta*. *Correspondence: [email protected]. I come from shepherd's pie and Sunday roast, jerk chicken and stuffed vine leaves. I come from travelling through my taste buds.

Dean Atta performs "I Come From" Fail Better 2020 Poet in the City YouTube


One of poetry writing lesson. | Teaching Resources. I Come From Dean Atta. One of poetry writing lesson. Subject: English. Age range: 11-14. Resource type: Worksheet/Activity. File previews. docx, 274.01 KB. Explores images from the poem and inspires students to write about their own heritage.

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Dean Atta — 'I come from stories, myths, legends and folk tales'. ― Dean Atta, The Black Flamingo. Read more quotes from Dean Atta. Share this quote: Like Quote. Recommend to friends. Friends Who Liked This Quote. To see what your friends thought of this quote, please sign up! 12 likes

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Mimi Koehler ·. Writers Corner. ·May 12, 2020·5 min read. We've had the chance to sit down with Dean Atta, author of the fierce and vulnerable coming-of-age story The Black Flamingo and winner of the Stonewall Book Award. We asked him all our questions about his upcoming release, the spoken word, and so much more!

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Watch poet Dean Atta as he performs his poem: "I Come From".This video was shot as part of Poet in the City's 2020 Fail Better poetry broadcast series on You.

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I Come From. I Come From by Dean Atta. I come from shepherd's pie and Sunday roast, jerk chicken and stuffed vine leaves. I come from travelling through my taste buds but loving where I live. I come from a home that some would call broken. I come from D.I.Y. that never got done. I come from waiting by the phone for him to call.

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Atta and Dhaliwal, Feminist Dissent, (4), pp. 279-282 281 "I Come From" is a poem I wrote during my MA at Goldsmiths; it was written to be used in schools to model a workshop I lead where I get students to write about where they come from. I do not say Britain, Cyprus, or Jamaica, but allude to these places with food: "I come from

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Dean Atta is a London-born poet whose work explores race, national identity, and sexuality. His debut poetry collection I Am Nobody's Nigger voices Atta's perspectives on family, relationships, and London life, as well as drawing on influential events from modern history. The Empire Windrush by Courtesy of Thurrock Council British Film.

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Dean is a member of Keats House Poets Forum and Malika's Poetry Kitchen. He has a Philosophy and English BA from the University of Sussex and a Writer/Teacher MA from Goldsmiths, University of London. Dean is a Tutor for Arvon and Poetry School and a Writer in Residence for First Story. His debut novel, The Black Flamingo, will be published.

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Atta and Dhaliwal, Feminist Dissent, (4), pp. 2 79-282. 279. An interview with Dean Atta. Sukhwant Dhaliwal and Dean Atta*. *Correspondence: [email protected]. SD: Can you tell us a bit about.

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I Come From by Dean Atta I come from shepherd [s pie and Sunday roast Jerk chicken and stuffed vine leaves I come from travelling through my taste buds but loving where I live I come from a home that some would call broken I come from D.I.Y. that never got done I come from waiting by the phone for him to call I come from waving the white flag.

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On film, Dean Atta shows there are many ways to be a poet. After reading and discussing his poem I Come From, which raises interesting questions about identity, students collaborate to tell their own stories. freedom A photo from World War II inspired a famous poem, The Boy With His Hands Up by Yala Korwin. By reading poetry written in response

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Dean Atta. Dean Atta is a British poet of Greek Cypriot and Caribbean descent. He has been listed by The Independent newspaper as one of the 100 most influential LGBT people in the United Kingdom. [1] In 2012, his poem "I Am Nobody's Nigger", written in response to the use of the racial slur by the murderers of Stephen Lawrence, achieved much.

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Dean was shortlisted for the Polari First Book Prize for his debut poetry collection, I Am Nobody's Nigger. His poems have been anthologised by Bad Betty Pre.

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