#i spent a lot of time at literary events & at hip hop events and i'd see the same ppl performing the same things at both

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book stuff! 5! 17! 23!

5! What was your relationship with books like as a child?

oh super duper positive! maybe especially cos my hearing fucking suuucked?? i think my love of reading was v baffling to my mother haha cos she’s v dyslexic & was constantly told she was stupid & had decided books were not for her (she now loves reading! i can wear anyone down! haha). 

constant library visits were a L A R G E part of my childhood!!! and one of my aunts was a school librarian at a v fancy school so she was a frequent supplier too. and the house was pretty full of random books anyway, so my reading habits were v chaotic, like as a ~7 year old i was swinging from nancy drew to pride and prejudice to those lucy daniels vet books to oliver twist

i was def reading stuff that was probs ‘inappropriate’ for my age (in all senses...smut and extremely depressing and classics and why did someone give me a george eliot biography when i was like 9??) but i dont think it had a negative impact???

17! Do you know any poetry by heart?

valentine by carol ann duffy bc we studied it ad fucking nauseam in school & i’ve taken to my bed by roger mcgough bc it’s been my favourite poem since i was a lil kid & probs i wanna be yours by john cooper clarke cos we studied that in school and ive heard it a lot & patterns by kate tempest cos one time i saw her do it in the woods while i was on acid so it like b u r n t its way in there & whitey on the moon by gil scott-heron bc ive heard it a million times & probably to his coy mistress by andrew marvell bc i think someone mustve challenged me to memorise it like 20 years ago & still i rise by maya angelou bc we read it in school sooo much... hmm. in short: yes, some but generally not on purpose. 

23! Nicest edition or cheapest edition?

well, most of the time i dont buy books they just find their way to me or im allowed to take ‘em, and free is the cheapest of editions and im v into that. they’re often nice editions too though cos they’re old! im not someone who is fussy abt covers or anything (especially cos i dont hold on to thaaat many books myself) & i dont have a problem with mismatched series etc. generally i will just take what i am given

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#books #i feel like those lucy daniels books mightve been a liiiiil later #my sister was v into them so i'd smash through them too #Strong matilda Vibes #like i would read whatever i could find #no one stopped me from reading penny vincenzi or #catherine cookson or w/e #they did try to stop #me reading twist of gold by michael morpurgo though on the grounds that it was too depressing for lil kids and i was like pff ive read olive #r twist ok #my grandfather did take the pearl by john steinbeck off me for being too sophisticated though?? i should go back to that hmm #poetry #for someone who doesnt think they like poetry i seem to know a lot lmao #the thing is though: the boundary btwn poetry and rap and indeed poetry and music generally is v porous #i spent a lot of time at literary events & at hip hop events and i'd see the same ppl performing the same things at both #so some things im not 100% on whether they are 'poems' but i def know them backwards forwards sideways #if something's rhythmic and rhymes...it'll probs stick #i also know the prologue to romeo & juliet off by heart but that's probs not a poem...? #i dont really care abt book covers #except i had to cover the fire and fury cover with a collage