Lemn Sissay
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For World Book Night 2013 at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, the poet and performer Lemn Sissay read three poems: Invisible Kisses, Let There Be Light and Sarcasm.
Lemn Sissay later spoke exclusively to HiBROW about the pleasures and challenges of writing, how he writes and the experience of performing his own writing on stage - coming soon on HiBROW.
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