Anthony Joseph: Haunting the Black Air
Cafè Oto, E8 3DL , [Venue Details]'If Mikhail Bulgakov and Ishmael Reed had a godson in Trinidad raised on Rapso and John Coltrane solos, then what you'd get is Anthony Joseph' – Roger Robinson
Anthony Joseph / vocals
Crispin Robinson / percussion
Jason Yarde / saxophones
Delighted to welcome back Trinidad-born poet, novelist, academic and musician, Anthony Joseph, reading from his new poetry collection, Haunting The Black Air, accompanied by an improvising trio featuring Joseph alongside Crispin Robinson and Jason Yarde.
Anthony Joseph's 2022 collection Sonnets for Albert won the T.S. Eliot Prize for Poetry 2022 and the OCM BOCAS Prize for Caribbean Poetry. His latest collection is Haunting the Black Air (Bloomsbury Poetry, 2026). He has released ten critically acclaimed albums, most recently the two-part Afrofuturist project, Rowing Up River To Get Our Names Back & The Ark. He is a lecturer at King's College, London.
Haunting the Black Air is a work of radical experimentation, in the ethos of swing as praxis the reading will be accompanied by a trio of improvising musicians.
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Max: £15.00
Performer name: Anthony Joseph
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Anthony Joseph: Haunting the Black Air
Wednesday, 12 Aug 2026 @7.30pm
Cafè Oto, E8 3DLMore Information
'If Mikhail Bulgakov and Ishmael Reed had a godson in Trinidad raised on Rapso and John Coltrane solos, then what you'd get is Anthony Joseph' – Roger Robinson
Anthony Joseph / vocals
Crispin Robinson / percussion
Jason Yarde / saxophones
Delighted to welcome back Trinidad-born poet, novelist, academic and musician, Anthony Joseph, reading from his new poetry collection, Haunting The Black Air, accompanied by an improvising trio featuring Joseph alongside Crispin Robinson and Jason Yarde.
Anthony Joseph's 2022 collection Sonnets for Albert won the T.S. Eliot Prize for Poetry 2022 and the OCM BOCAS Prize for Caribbean Poetry. His latest collection is Haunting the Black Air (Bloomsbury Poetry, 2026). He has released ten critically acclaimed albums, most recently the two-part Afrofuturist project, Rowing Up River To Get Our Names Back & The Ark. He is a lecturer at King's College, London.
Haunting the Black Air is a work of radical experimentation, in the ethos of swing as praxis the reading will be accompanied by a trio of improvising musicians.
Admission
Min: £8.00
Max: £15.00
Performer name: Anthony Joseph
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