Francis North .

Francis North is a London-based, Finnish-Brazilian spoken-word poet, writing mainly in English. Most recently they came out with a book titled “Entropy”, in collaboration with Anna Blom which contains a single long poem by North and a visual journey created by Blom. The book tells the story of a prophet’s rise and fall, concerned with themes like holiness, connection and the natural world. They performed the poem live with Ghosts on TV at Kapsäkki Music Theater, and a recording of the live performance came out in April 2022. In addition, Francis has self-published one collection, been involved in many poetry events, working with entities like Luna Legacy and HPC among others. They’re currently studying creative writing and American literature at Royal Holloway, University of London.

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