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Malaika Kegode: I tried to stop writing about you
Love and pain in this performance from the BBC Poetry Slam at the Edinburgh Festivals.
  1. Malaika Kegode: I tried to stop writing about you
    02:55
    Malaika Kegode: I tried to stop writing about you
  2. Squashing Words
    05:58
    Squashing Words
    View More From Authors Live: Steve Cole
  3. Books I’ve Written
    02:35
    Books I’ve Written
    View More From Authors Live: Steve Cole
  4. Making a Leopard Monster
    04:35
    Making a Leopard Monster
    View More From Authors Live: Steve Cole
  5. Superpowers
    08:09
    Superpowers
    View More From Authors Live: Steve Cole
  6. Steve’s Monsters
    02:19
    Steve’s Monsters
    View More From Authors Live: Steve Cole
  7. Making a Monster
    08:35
    Making a Monster
    View More From Authors Live: Steve Cole
  8. Alien Stink Song
    05:04
    Alien Stink Song
    View More From Authors Live: Steve Cole
  9. "...and then they all booed me."
    00:31
    "...and then they all booed me."
  10. Marin Alsop on her speech at the Last Night of the Proms
    03:10
    Marin Alsop on her speech at the Last Night of the Proms
  11. Sage Francis - Hopeless
    02:59
    Sage Francis - Hopeless
  12. James Kelman: Too Scottish?
    03:04
    James Kelman: Too Scottish?

    Edinburgh Nights 2016: Episode 2

  13. Marina Warner: 'Fairy tales are in the DNA of cultures'
    03:15
    Marina Warner: 'Fairy tales are in the DNA of cultures'
  14. The difference between Glasgow and Edinburgh festivals
    00:28
    The difference between Glasgow and Edinburgh festivals
  15. "I couldn't have loved that family anymore"
    01:24
    "I couldn't have loved that family anymore"
  16. Tom Ballard on his first Fringe
    00:37
    Tom Ballard on his first Fringe
  17. We hope you're sitting down
    00:43
    We hope you're sitting down
  18. Erica Jong on sex and ageing
    04:08
    Erica Jong on sex and ageing
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