Grace Nichols: I Have Crossed an Ocean from dora books Watch Video
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Description: Grace Nichols reads two poems, 'Hurricane Hits England' (included on the GCSE English syllabus' and a poem for children (and cats), 'Cat-Rap'. This is an excerpt from a film made by Pamela Robertson-Pearce of Grace Nichols' reading Newcastle Centre for the Literary Arts on 27 October 2009, which also included 'Weeping Woman', her poem in the voice of Picasso's muse Dora Maar, posted separately on Vimeo at www.vimeo.com/11985768. These two poems are from her latest book, I HAVE CROSSED AN OCEAN:
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