Borderliner

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This series deploys and renews the term borderliner (an obsolete and racist epithet for people of mixed heritage) as a catalyst for multiple, innovative discussions of issues of identity, race, ethnicity and language.

  1. Episode 1

    Borderliner - Hannah Lowe

    Poet Hannah Lowe on the racialised language of slavery and Empire and its aftermath and the racial slurs she experienced as a child. Borderliner is an original audio series by WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund. Discover more new writing at WritersMosaic.org.uk

  2. Episode 2

    Dear B - Nina Mingya Powles

    Nina Mingya Powles writes to her longlost friend 'B', who she met at the age of thirteen and shared many experiences with. Borderliner is an original audio series by WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund. Discover more new writing at WritersMosaic.org.uk

  3. Episode 3

    Diary 17-26 November 2019 - Will Harris

    Ten days of diary entries from writer Will Harris as he prepares to give a talk about Theresa Hak Kyung Cha’s 1982 poetry collection Dictee. Borderliner is an original audio series by WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund. Discover more new writing at WritersMosaic.org.uk

  4. Episode 4

    A world full of ‘Johns’ - Arji Manuelpillai

    Arjunan (Arji) Anthony Manuelpillai's response to his publisher's question about the name he uses for his poetry collection. Borderliner is an original audio series by WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund. Discover more new writing at WritersMosaic.org.uk

  5. Episode 5

    The identity parade - Johny Pitts

    Johny Pitts on identity parades, the commodification of 'multiculturalism' and its detachment from the lived reality of the working class. Borderliner is an original audio series by WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund. Discover more new writing at WritersMosaic.org.uk

  6. Episode 6

    The strangers - Pema Monaghan

    The Tibetan-Australian writer and journalist Pema Monaghan on growing up mixed race in Australia. Borderliner is an original audio series by WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund. Discover more new writing at WritersMosaic.org.uk

  7. Episode 7

    Border / Line - Jay Gao

    Jay Gao's poetic meditation on his translation of Hai Zi's poem, which he titles 'Cruelty'. Borderliner is an original audio series by WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund. Discover more new writing at WritersMosaic.org.uk

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This series deploys and renews the term borderliner (an obsolete and racist epithet for people of mixed heritage) as a catalyst for multiple, innovative discussions of issues of identity, race, ethnicity and language.

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