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Inglan Is a Bitch

Linton Kwesi Johnson
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Region

Diaspora

England

Era

Contemporary

Language

English/Jamaican Creole

Genre

Poetry

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Poetry collection in Jamaican patois ('dub poetry'), confronting racism in Thatcher's England, police violence, and the resilience of Black British communities. LKJ's most celebrated collection.

Literary Significance

LKJ is the only living poet in Penguin Modern Classics; invented dub poetry as a literary form

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Poetry collection in Jamaican patois ('dub poetry'), confronting racism in Thatcher's England, police violence, and the resilience of Black British communities. LKJ's most celebrated collection. LKJ is the only living poet in Penguin Modern Classics; invented dub poetry as a literary form

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