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Sage Francis - Hopeless
The independent hip-hop star performs at the BBC Poetry Slam in Edinburgh.
  1. Sage Francis - Hopeless
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    Sage Francis - Hopeless
  2. Reading
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    Reading
    View More From Authors Live: Cerrie Burnell
  3. Childhood
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    Childhood
    View More From Authors Live: Cerrie Burnell
  4. Writing Books for her Daughter
    04:53
    Writing Books for her Daughter
    View More From Authors Live: Cerrie Burnell
  5. Scarlet Umbrella
    04:17
    Scarlet Umbrella
    View More From Authors Live: Cerrie Burnell
  6. The Characters
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    The Characters
    View More From Authors Live: Cerrie Burnell
  7. Playing Instruments
    03:50
    Playing Instruments
    View More From Authors Live: Cerrie Burnell
  8. Q&A
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    Q&A
    View More From Authors Live: Cerrie Burnell
  9. The keyboard with a mind of its own
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    The keyboard with a mind of its own

    Late Junction on BBC Radio 3

  10. 'Do you believe in fairies?'
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    'Do you believe in fairies?'
  11. Alan Cumming on flying to America - for the first time - with Ruby Wax
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    Alan Cumming on flying to America - for the first time - with Ruby Wax
  12. Irvine Welsh on the contrast between Scotland and America
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    Irvine Welsh on the contrast between Scotland and America
  13. Adele Hampton: Speak your own melanin into a mirror
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    Adele Hampton: Speak your own melanin into a mirror
  14. Jackie Kay on tracing her birth parents
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    Jackie Kay on tracing her birth parents
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    Malaika Kegode: I tried to stop writing about you
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    "Thespians who have children"
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    Watching Taken with your mum
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