Spake Anne Michaels in another

in another

entrenched conventions and myriad Authorised Versions on the one hand

these poets refuse to perform or inspire according to tired old narratives

internationally recognised as one of Britain’s leading contemporary poets

Emily Dickinson and The Smiths

Spake Anne Michaels in anotherSpake is a love letter to West Midlands voice and a challenge the preconceptions and prejudices that abound about dialect and non standard English. Much maligned, frequently overlooked or simply left out altogether: the English West Midlands has for decades been diminished in the national conversation and with it, the rich dialects and voices of the region are often misunderstood, ignored or worse ridiculed and mocked. But whos to say that the way we