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Anne Carson’s radical approach to poetry and language challenges conventional literary boundaries. By blending classical scholarship, fragmented forms and inventive expression, she reveals new possibilities for how words can convey meaning, emotion and the complexities of human experience.

In the first of an occasional column on the arts, artists and the creative life, Vidya Rao writes of her choice for the name of the column and what it signifies.

The fall-out of the stabbing of Henry Nowak by a young Sikh shows the vulnerability of Sikhs who, despite being British-born or British citizens, are often viewed as foreigners. This reflects the racialisation of Sikhs as non-white and raises significant questions about home, identity, & belonging.