Red

"Red collects poems that engage "red", poems by Black British poets writing with the word "red" in mind - as a kind of leap-off point, a context, a germ - the way something small, minor, or grand might spur a poem. It offers the reader the freedom to come to their own conclusions as to what writing as a poet who is also Black and British might mean." "The result is a fiery book of poems by writers ranging from well-established and published names to first-time poets. The anthology succeeds in producing distinctive and engaging poems that seem to be first about image, and only then about whatever else fascinates the poet. In this sense, Red is a different kind of poetry anthology, and the diversity and richness of its entries, the moods, the humour, the passion, the reflection, the confessional, all confirm that Black British poetry is a lively and defining force in Britain today." --Book Jacket.