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  1. Smoky sky.
    In autumn wind
    I stroll by the quays
    in the last light…

    —Edwin Morgan, “Je ne regrette rien: in memory of Edith Piaf”
    published in COLLECTED POEMS (Carcanet, 2012)

    28 March is International Women in Music Day

    carcanet.co.uk/cgi-bin/indexer

    #Scottish #literature #InternationalWomenInMusicDay #poem #poetry #EdithPiaf #music #singer

  2. As a young black girl growing up in Glasgow, Jackie Kay found in Bessie someone with whom she could identify & who she could idolise. Kay mixes biography, fiction, poetry & prose to create an enthralling account of an extraordinary life

    youtube.com/watch?v=ICZIxOmfQLc

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #music #song #singing #BessieSmith #InternationalWomenInMusicDay

  3. As a young black girl growing up in Glasgow, Jackie Kay found in Bessie someone with whom she could identify & who she could idolise. Kay mixes biography, fiction, poetry & prose to create an enthralling account of an extraordinary life

    youtube.com/watch?v=ICZIxOmfQLc

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #music #song #singing #BessieSmith #InternationalWomenInMusicDay

  4. As a young black girl growing up in Glasgow, Jackie Kay found in Bessie someone with whom she could identify & who she could idolise. Kay mixes biography, fiction, poetry & prose to create an enthralling account of an extraordinary life

    youtube.com/watch?v=ICZIxOmfQLc

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #music #song #singing #BessieSmith #InternationalWomenInMusicDay

  5. As a young black girl growing up in Glasgow, Jackie Kay found in Bessie someone with whom she could identify & who she could idolise. Kay mixes biography, fiction, poetry & prose to create an enthralling account of an extraordinary life

    youtube.com/watch?v=ICZIxOmfQLc

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #music #song #singing #BessieSmith #InternationalWomenInMusicDay

  6. As a young black girl growing up in Glasgow, Jackie Kay found in Bessie someone with whom she could identify & who she could idolise. Kay mixes biography, fiction, poetry & prose to create an enthralling account of an extraordinary life

    youtube.com/watch?v=ICZIxOmfQLc

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #music #song #singing #BessieSmith #InternationalWomenInMusicDay

  7. Jackie Kay’s biography of Bessie Smith was published by Faber in 2021

    “Jackie Kay’s book on Bessie Smith: She has combined biographical information with a total understanding of who Bessie actually WAS … Biographies don’t usually bring the subject to life again. This one did. I finished the book then started it again immediately.”
    —Peggy Seeger

    faber.co.uk/product/9780571362

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #music #song #singing #BessieSmith #InternationalWomenInMusicDay #biography

  8. Jackie Kay’s biography of Bessie Smith was published by Faber in 2021

    “Jackie Kay’s book on Bessie Smith: She has combined biographical information with a total understanding of who Bessie actually WAS … Biographies don’t usually bring the subject to life again. This one did. I finished the book then started it again immediately.”
    —Peggy Seeger

    faber.co.uk/product/9780571362

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #music #song #singing #BessieSmith #InternationalWomenInMusicDay #biography

  9. Jackie Kay’s biography of Bessie Smith was published by Faber in 2021

    “Jackie Kay’s book on Bessie Smith: She has combined biographical information with a total understanding of who Bessie actually WAS … Biographies don’t usually bring the subject to life again. This one did. I finished the book then started it again immediately.”
    —Peggy Seeger

    faber.co.uk/product/9780571362

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #music #song #singing #BessieSmith #InternationalWomenInMusicDay #biography

  10. Jackie Kay’s biography of Bessie Smith was published by Faber in 2021

    “Jackie Kay’s book on Bessie Smith: She has combined biographical information with a total understanding of who Bessie actually WAS … Biographies don’t usually bring the subject to life again. This one did. I finished the book then started it again immediately.”
    —Peggy Seeger

    faber.co.uk/product/9780571362

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #music #song #singing #BessieSmith #InternationalWomenInMusicDay #biography

  11. Jackie Kay’s biography of Bessie Smith was published by Faber in 2021

    “Jackie Kay’s book on Bessie Smith: She has combined biographical information with a total understanding of who Bessie actually WAS … Biographies don’t usually bring the subject to life again. This one did. I finished the book then started it again immediately.”
    —Peggy Seeger

    faber.co.uk/product/9780571362

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #music #song #singing #BessieSmith #InternationalWomenInMusicDay #biography

  12. There are some stones that open in the night like flowers
    Down in the red graveyard where Bessie haunts her lovers…

    —Jackie Kay, “The Red Graveyard”
    published in OTHER LOVERS (Bloodaxe, 1993)

    Today, 28 March, is International Women in Music Day

    bloodaxebooks.com/ecs/category

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #music #song #singing #BessieSmith #InternationalWomenInMusicDay

  13. There are some stones that open in the night like flowers
    Down in the red graveyard where Bessie haunts her lovers…

    —Jackie Kay, “The Red Graveyard”
    published in OTHER LOVERS (Bloodaxe, 1993)

    Today, 28 March, is International Women in Music Day

    bloodaxebooks.com/ecs/category

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #music #song #singing #BessieSmith #InternationalWomenInMusicDay

  14. There are some stones that open in the night like flowers
    Down in the red graveyard where Bessie haunts her lovers…

    —Jackie Kay, “The Red Graveyard”
    published in OTHER LOVERS (Bloodaxe, 1993)

    Today, 28 March, is International Women in Music Day

    bloodaxebooks.com/ecs/category

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #music #song #singing #BessieSmith #InternationalWomenInMusicDay

  15. There are some stones that open in the night like flowers
    Down in the red graveyard where Bessie haunts her lovers…

    —Jackie Kay, “The Red Graveyard”
    published in OTHER LOVERS (Bloodaxe, 1993)

    Today, 28 March, is International Women in Music Day

    bloodaxebooks.com/ecs/category

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #music #song #singing #BessieSmith #InternationalWomenInMusicDay

  16. There are some stones that open in the night like flowers
    Down in the red graveyard where Bessie haunts her lovers…

    —Jackie Kay, “The Red Graveyard”
    published in OTHER LOVERS (Bloodaxe, 1993)

    Today, 28 March, is International Women in Music Day

    bloodaxebooks.com/ecs/category

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #music #song #singing #BessieSmith #InternationalWomenInMusicDay

  17. As a young black girl growing up in Glasgow, Jackie Kay found in Bessie someone with whom she could identify & who she could idolise. Kay mixes biography, fiction, poetry & prose to create an enthralling account of an extraordinary life

    youtube.com/watch?v=ICZIxOmfQL

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #music #song #singing #BessieSmith #InternationalWomenInMusicDay

  18. There are some stones that open in the night like flowers
    Down in the red graveyard where Bessie haunts her lovers…

    —Jackie Kay, “The Red Graveyard”
    published in OTHER LOVERS (Bloodaxe, 1993)

    Jackie Kay’s biography of Bessie Smith was published by Faber in 2021:
    faber.co.uk/product/9780571362

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #music #song #singing #BessieSmith #InternationalWomenInMusicDay