Alycia Pirmohamed – Nights Flatline

Step into the world of lyrical poetry with this captivating snippet from our 2023 Lyrical Mehfil event. In this video, watch poet Alycia Pirmohamed perform her poem, ‘Nights Flatline’.

Alycia’s full set is also available on our Watch & Listen page, along with the full Lyrical Mehfil event, featuring some of the most innovative and exciting contemporary voices from around the world such as Ambareen Haseeb Ambar, Isabelle Baafi, Safiya Kamaria Kinshasa, Anthony Joseph and Michael Pedersen.

About the Poet

ALYCIA PIRMOHAMED

Alycia Pirmohamed

Alycia Pirmohamed is the author of Another Way to Split Water, the pamphlets Hinge and Faces that Fled the Wind, and the collaborative essay, Second Memory, which was co-authored with Pratyusha. She is co-founder of the Scottish BPOC Writers Network, a co-organiser of the Ledbury Poetry Critics, and she currently teaches at the University of Cambridge. Alycia received an MFA from the University of Oregon and a PhD from the University of Edinburgh. Her awards include the CBC Poetry Prize, a Pushcart Prize, and the Edwin Morgan Poetry Award.