A dangerous to generalise about the human impulse to create art. But it does seem it is often linked to the experience of dark, painful places. My experience of dark, painful places. My guest today is a renowned poet and playwright whose writing and performance is laid bare his own intimate wounds. Lemn sissay was abandoned as a baby, rejected why his fosterfamily, abandoned as a baby, rejected why his foster family, abused abandoned as a baby, rejected why his fosterfamily, abused in Public Institutions of care. He has since been on a quest to understand his past and piece together his identity. Along the way, he found a remarkable poetic voice. How . Lemn sissay, welcome to hardtalk. Hello, stephen. You are a writer, a poet, but you are also a public performer. One is very solitary, one by definition is clearly public. Which is the more authentic, co mforta ble which is the more authentic, comfortable you 7 which is the more authentic, comfortable you . You know, i think they are bot