Poetry
The Essay. Black Country Secrets, Liz Berry on Gorge Road, Sedgley. Audio, 14 minutes
Writers choose a Black Country scene to reveal something of this strangely hidden region.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Open Book. Leila Slimani, Nii Ayikwei Parkes, Kalaf Epalanga. Audio, 28 minutes
Johny Pitts talks to Leila Slimani about her new novel Watch Us Dance.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. Claudia Rankine, poet. Audio, 37 minutes
Claudia Rankine, poet, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted10 June 2023
Between the Ears. Supply Lines. Audio, 29 minutes
Aidan Tulloch reimagines the journey an item goes on in the age of the 24/7 supply chain.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Open Book. Guy Gunaratne, plus Literary Thefts with Rebecca Kuang and Andrew Lipstein. Audio, 28 minutes
Johny Pitts talks to Guy Gunaratne about their new book Mister, Mister.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Between the Ears. Secrets of the Scottish Rainforest. Audio, 30 minutes
Poet Kathleen Jamie explores a temperate rainforest on the west coast of Scotland.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Midnight Meets With Colin Murray. Pam Ayres. Audio, 49 minutes
Performance poet and comedian Pam Ayres chats to Colin Murray.
- AttributionBBC Radio 5 Live
- Available for over a year
The Interview. Linton Kwesi Johnson: Struggles of the past and present. Audio, 23 minutes
Zeinab Badawi speaks to the Jamaican-born British poet
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted9 May 2023
- Attribution
- Posted9 May 2023
The Essay. We Other Tudors, Emilia Lanyer. Audio, 14 minutes
Jerry Brotton looks at those from around the world who made their homes in Tudor England.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
In Our Time. Walt Whitman. Audio, 50 minutes
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the innovative and highly influential American poet.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Interview. John Cooper Clarke: Punk and poetry. Audio, 23 minutes
Stephen Sackur speaks to the pioneering performance poet
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
A Soft Day. Audio, 28 minutes
Author Carlo Gebler shows how rain has saturated Ireland's poetry and shaped his identity.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
This Cultural Life. Linton Kwesi Johnson. Audio, 43 minutes
Reggae poet Linton Kwesi Johnson reveals his cultural influences.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
In the Studio. Nikita Gill: Imagining Hekate. Audio, 27 minutes
The goddess of witchcraft gets poetic treatment
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
The Documentary Podcast. In the Studio: Nikita Gill. Audio, 28 minutes
A Greek goddess of witchcraft gets poetic treatment
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted23 March 2023
- Attribution
- Posted23 March 2023
- Attribution
- Posted21 March 2023
Sunday Feature. Heinrich Heine: The First Modern European. Audio, 44 minutes
Michael Goldfarb tells the story of playwright, poet and essayist Heinrich Heine.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
In the Studio. Ada Limón: A poem for Nasa. Audio, 27 minutes
The US poet laureate creates a new work for a mission to Europa, an icy moon of Jupiter
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
