My Name Is a Two-Person Sport is the debut pamphlet from award-winning spoken word poet Aditya Narayan. Moving through airports and classrooms, unfamiliar offices and kitchens thick with the smell of filter coffee, it traces a young man’s attempt to build a life in Scotland without abandoning the experiences that brought him there. Home becomes a runway that disappears beneath him. His name is bent to fit another mouth. Time spins like laundry through generations, carrying childhood and grief into the present.

Alive with metre, wit and rapid-fire rhyme, the collection asks: when migration divides a person infinitely, who are they when they finally speak?

Endorsements for My Name Is a Two-Person Sport:

"An incredible read on the burden we place on metaphors to preserve our memories of home." - Maureen Onwunali 

"Aditya brings together the joy of family, language, and belonging, with the shrewd and critical eye of someone who knows how hard-won these can be. A beautiful exploration of the self, as something to be defined, delighted in, and defended." - Len Pennie

“Aditya Narayan is a voice like no other in the UK spoken-word scene and his ability to effortlessly capture that voice on the page is something to marvel. Each piece crackles with passion and wit, offering a concise but sprawling emotional journey, worth every moment.” – RJ Hunter

“In My Name is a Two-Person Sport Narayan’s poetry travels across the page like a clear, refreshing stream, demanding that you dip your toes in and feel them wash over you. These are forceful poems, filled with questions to self, reader, family and place, offering a depth of language and imagery while also remaining accessible and digestible. Being able to both read the poems and also watch many of them being performed offers multiple ways of engagement, which only adds to the sense of intimacy as we get to know Narayan and his voice on both page and stage over the course of the pamphlet. I’m already looking forward to more.” - Sean Wai Keung

“A mesmerising debut, rich with rhythm, tenderness and startling emotional clarity. From Dear Heathrow Airport to the titular My Name is a Two-Person Sport, Aditya Narayan captures the quiet complexities of migration, identity and belonging with remarkable honesty and lyrical precision. Both deeply nostalgic and quietly humorous, this is a pamphlet that stays with you long after the final poem.” - Chisom Okoronkwo