Jackie Kay (1961 - present)

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Born 1961, in Edinburgh, Scotland. British poet, playwright, and novelist. Her mother was Scottish and her father was Nigerian. She was adopted by a white couple and brought up in Glasgow. Her adopted parents were communists who took their children on anti-apartheid protests and peace rallies. She studied English at Stirling University. She left Scotland partly because of her feeling that it lacked multi-cultural harmony and she wanted a more accepting environment for her son, Matt.. Continue..

Some of Jackie Kay Poems

That Distance Apart

Baby Lazarus

The Mother Poem (two)

SOUND OF SLEAT

Late Love

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Quote from Author

	A poem is a little moment of belief

- Jackie Kay

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