In the last Year 13 session I encouraged students to consider the work of poets beyond the traditional notions of the canon. For example I referred to Dorothy Parker, Charles Bukowski, and John Cooper Clarke. Imtiaz Dharker is a poet that has had her work offered to students through the GCSE Anthology but - due to her being female, British Asian, and ALIVE - literary traditionalists may struggle to consider her work appropriate for entry into the 'canon' of literature. What do you think?
Below is a link to Imtiaz Dharker's Homepage:
http://imtiazdharker.com/
Click on link to access Dharker reading and discussing 'Blessing' and 'She must be from another country'. The audio is not perfect but it serves its purpose.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1To-F0xJjgM&NR=1
Click on link below to access a brief interview:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrBzWmCi6ps&feature=related
MLR.
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