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World Service,55 mins

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The best of this week's Strand, including an interview with American author Amy Bloom, a report on Zimbabwe poetry slams, Eddie Kramer talks to The Strand about his time as Jimi Hendrix's studio engineer and Mark is joined by two directors' from the Birds Eye View, Martha Fiennes and Wanuri Kahiu. A look at a poetry competition in the Middle East - 'Million's Poet', a review of Teen Patti and Caroline Alexander author of The War That Killed Achilles talks to Harriett Gilbert.

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