Lemn Sissay, one of our best-loved poets, was fostered as a baby. Now he’s written a lyrical memoir describing his experiences
Lemn Sissay, poet, performer and chancellor at the University of Manchester, was born in Billings Hospital near St Margaret’s House for pregnant unmarried girls and women in Wigan, Greater Manchester, to an Ethiopian student on 21 May 1967. His mother refused to sign the adoption papers. She wanted her child to be fostered while she studied. The social worker handed Lemn to foster parents and declared his name “Norman”.
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