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The acclaimed London singer-songwriter and poet Arlo Parks (GBR, 2000) moves effortlessly between poetry and music. Everything she creates reveals the immense power of words, which is why we are delighted to welcome Parks to Poetry International this year. She will speak about her relationship with poetry: what connections run between her music and poems, which themes currently occupy her, and who inspires her as a poet? Naturally, Parks will also read from her poetry debut The Magic Border <\/em>(2023), in which she explores themes such as queerness, grief, trauma, and love. A conversation and reading to look forward to!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please note:<\/strong> you can also see Arlo Parks earlier on Friday afternoon at the festival, where she will give a poetry masterclass at Het Veerhuis, including a Q&A.

Host: Charisa Chotoe<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Arlo Parks (2000, GBR) is a celebrated singer-songwriter and poet from West London, whose music and poetry have earned worldwide acclaim. She grew up in a multilingual family with Nigerian, French, and Chadian roots. As a child, she listened to her father\u2019s jazz records, while also being shaped by emo and indie music. Around the time of her final school exams, she began making music on GarageBand. Not long afterwards, she released her first single, \u201cCola\u201d, and signed with Transgressive Records.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2023, Parks made her debut as a poet with The Magic Border<\/em>, a collection of poems, lyrics, and intimate photography by Daniyel Lowden. In both her poetry and music, Parks explores themes such as queerness, grief, trauma, and love. With great success: for an entire generation, Parks has become an iconic artist whose music, language, and subject matter are inseparably intertwined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How you might know this artist<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  • Her third album, Ambiguous Desire<\/em>, has just been released \u2013 and before embarking on her world tour, Parks is coming to Poetry International!<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Her debut album, Collapsed in Sunbeams<\/em> (2021), was awarded the Mercury Prize.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • In both her music and poetry, she speaks openly about themes such as mental health, queer identity, and the uncertainties of being young.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","post_title":"Arlo Parks (GBR)","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"arlo-parks-gbr","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2026-04-30 10:01:22","post_modified_gmt":"2026-04-30 09:01:22","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.poetry.nl\/festival\/?post_type=poet&p=2272","menu_order":1,"post_type":"poet","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}]},"hosts":"","hosts_source":{"label":"Hosts","type":"relationship","formatted_value":""},"day":"friday","day_source":{"label":"Dag","type":"select","formatted_value":"Vrijdag"},"doors_open":"","doors_open_source":{"label":"Deuren open","type":"time_picker","formatted_value":""},"start":"20:15:00","start_source":{"label":"Starttijd","type":"time_picker","formatted_value":"20:15"},"end":"21:15:00","end_source":{"label":"Eindtijd","type":"time_picker","formatted_value":"21:15"},"tickets":"https:\/\/poetry.stager.co\/shop\/festival-2026","tickets_source":{"label":"Link naar tickets","type":"url","formatted_value":"https:\/\/poetry.stager.co\/shop\/festival-2026"},"price_presale":"","price_presale_source":{"label":"Pre-sale prijs","type":"number","formatted_value":""},"price":"","price_source":{"label":"Prijs aan de deur","type":"number","formatted_value":""},"event_route":false,"event_route_source":{"label":"Route","type":"taxonomy","formatted_value":false},"related_events":"","related_events_source":{"label":"Gerelateerde events","type":"relationship","formatted_value":""},"subtitle":"What lies behind the voice of this London songwriter and poet?","subtitle_source":{"label":"Ondertitel","type":"text","formatted_value":"What lies behind the voice of this London songwriter and poet?"},"sidebar_content":"","sidebar_content_source":{"label":"Zijbalk content","type":"wysiwyg","formatted_value":""}},"lang":"en","translations":{"en":2275,"nl":2268},"pll_sync_post":{},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.poetry.nl\/festival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/2275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.poetry.nl\/festival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.poetry.nl\/festival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.poetry.nl\/festival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/2275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2694,"href":"https:\/\/www.poetry.nl\/festival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/2275\/revisions\/2694"}],"acf:post":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.poetry.nl\/festival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/poet\/2272"}],"acf:term":[{"embeddable":true,"taxonomy":"event_type","href":"https:\/\/www.poetry.nl\/festival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_type\/105"},{"embeddable":true,"taxonomy":"venue","href":"https:\/\/www.poetry.nl\/festival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/venue\/16"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.poetry.nl\/festival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"venue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.poetry.nl\/festival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/venue?post=2275"},{"taxonomy":"event_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.poetry.nl\/festival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_type?post=2275"},{"taxonomy":"route","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.poetry.nl\/festival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/route?post=2275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}