Following the success of his poetry recitations at our Genocide Memorial Day this year, acclaimed Poet and Cultural innovator Mark Gonzales came to the IHRC bookshop to meet with Arzu Merali in this exclusive interview. You can watch the video below –

Mark Gonzales is a storyteller and innovator who places healing and imagination in the centre of all conversations.

His ‘Wage Beauty’ philosophy weaves narrative medicine through page, stage and social media to reshape our ideas of belonging.

His forums, reading, and residencies have spanned over fifteen countries and include TEDx talks, the United Nations, Stanford University, Wehdat Refugee Camp, HBO DefJam Poetry and the U.S National Title 1 Conference on Education.