Yiewsley
This autobiographical collection candidly explores Daljit’s experiences growing up from the sixties to the eighties in the predominantly white working – class town of Yiewsley, close to Heathrow airport in Outer London.
With his boundless curiosity and radically inventive use of the English language, he brings the period alive in poetry that is both eye – opening and heart warming
Claire Armitstead, The Guardian
‘Daljit’s Poetry is an espresso shot of thought’
Arifa Akbar, The Independent
‘For all the slang and swagger, this bold new version of the Hindu epic keeps its moral core intact’
Rishi Dastidar, The Guardian
‘Indiom is a playfully giddy highwire act of sharp cultural and political observation, delivered with Nagra’s trademark linguistic exuberance’
Claire Armitstead, The Guardian
‘Daljit’s Poetry is an espresso shot of thought’
Arifa Akbar, The Independent
‘For all the slang and swagger, this bold new version of the Hindu epic keeps its moral core intact’
90th Anniversary Poetry Editions
In 2019, my debut was selected among ten books to celebrate Faber & Faber’s 90 years of poetry publication. It was selected alongside books by TS Eliot, WH Auden, Philip Larkin, Ted Hughes, Sylvia Plath and Seamus Heaney.
90th Anniversary Poetry Editions
In 2019, my debut was selected among ten books to celebrate Faber & Faber’s 90 years of poetry publication. It was selected alongside books by TS Eliot, WH Auden, Philip Larkin, Ted Hughes, Sylvia Plath and Seamus Heaney.
Light up the Nation
Light up the Nation
The Observer poetry books of the month
A writer well-versed in the perils of lyric shame is Daljit Nagra. In his latest collection, Yiewsley, he returns to his predominantly white working-class home town near Heathrow…read more
The Poems We Made Along The Way
Podcaster Gregory Kearns speaks to Daljit about keeping writing as a hobby, taking creative risks, and mentors that were important for his development as a poet…listen here
PBS PODCAST in partnership with Arji’s Poetry Pickle Jar
An exclusive interview with Daljit and the poetry pickler extraordinaire, Arji Manuelpillai about the new book Indiom…listen now
Daljit Nagra’s Poetics of Tactile Sabotage
He writes with a Bic biro not because he cannot afford a fountain pen, but because the Bic is the ‘comeback tool of the underclass’, a weapon against snobs, a functional commodity…read more
The best recent poetry – review roundup
The classic struggle of each first generation to arrive in Britain, and the pressure on its kids to make good, now sits within a 1960s and 70s time capsule.read more
Indiom a Guardian Poetry Book of the Year
Daljit’s latest work is a mock epic set in a poetry workshop being filmed for a documentary. It foregrounds a discussion of how writers from migrant backgrounds might – or might not – be read and accepted, and how they position themselves in relation to standard English, the canon and knowing “thy Blighty”…read more
the Verb
Ian McMillan hosts BBC Radio 4’s cabaret of the word, featuring the best poetry, new writing and performance.
Daljit reads from his new collection ‘Yiewsley’ (the ‘Venice of West London’ ) and illuminates this week’s ‘Neon Line’ – a remarkable line in a remarkable poem…listen here
Podcast: The Wandering Book Collector, with host Michelle Jana Chan
A series of conversations with writers exploring what’s informed their books and their lives around themes of movement, memory, sense of place, borders, identity, belonging and home. In this edition, Michelle is joined by Daljit to discuss his latest collection of poetry, Indiom…click here to listen
Daljit Nagra on writing poetry
Read Daljit’s interview with the Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society…click here
BBC Radio
Daljit presents Poetry Extra, every Sunday at 5pm on BBC Radio 4 Extra
Biography
“It wasn’t until the age of 19 that I first picked up a book of poems!”
Poems
Ode to Harrow, Hadrian’s Wall, The Vishnu of Wolverhampton, and more…Daljit has featured in the following publications…
