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Jackie Kay

Scotland’s national poet writes for those who’ve been asked ‘where are you from?’

“I wrote the poems that I wanted to read and I wrote about the experiences that I wanted to find.” Jackie Kay, Scotland's first black national poet, speaks about her memoir, Red Dust Road (Picador, 2010), which chronicles the search for her birth parents, and what she hopes to share through her poetry.

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PBS NewsHour
Picador
2010
Jackie Kay
Scotland
Red Dust Road

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