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StoryCon: Poetry with Dean Atta

Poet Dean Atta, author of the verse novel The Black Flamingo talks about 'how to' poems and writing your own stanzas.

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This video was created for StoryCon 2020, Scotland’s top teen creative writing and illustration event, and was planned by the teens who were part of our StoryBoard. Find out more about the programme and teens involved.

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Dean Atta

Performance Poet Poet Spoken Word Artist Writer

Dean’s debut poetry collection, I Am Nobody’s Nigger (Westbourne Press, 2013), was shortlisted for the Polari First Book Prize. He was named as one of the most influential LGBT people in the UK by the Independent on Sunday Pink List, and featured in Out News Global Pride Power List.

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