We’ve joined forces with Red Room Poetry to bring present a very special poetry-themed edition of our interactive Zoom book club, with guests Omar Sakr, Yassmin Abdel-Magied, Evelyn Araluen – and you!
You probably would not associate the name Grace Tame with poetry. And that’s precisely what the founders of Australian Poetry Month were banking on when they selected Tame, activist and this year’s Australian of the Year, to become one of their poetry “ambassadors”.
Among her many accomplishments, Tame also composes poetry – her performance below is a powerful two-minute testimony to that.
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