Poetry
The Essay. Ten Artists that Shook the World, 1 Choices. Audio, 15 minutes
Writer Martin Sixsmith considers how the Russian Revolution affected choices for artists.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
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Pick a Sky and Name It. Audio, 30 minutes
How did Momtaza Mehri go from net savvy sixth-former to successful millennial poet?
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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Lines of Resistance. Audio, 30 minutes
Poet Bridget Minamore explores how women have created their own literary narratives.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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The Radio 3 Documentary. Sunday Feature: Every County in the State of California. Audio, 44 minutes
A radio road movie with Dana Gioia, Poet Laureate of California, reading in every county.
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Sunday Feature. Every County in the State of California. Audio, 44 minutes
A radio road movie with Dana Gioia, Poet Laureate of California.
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Give Me Space Below My Feet. Audio, 30 minutes
Is it possible to take 93-year-old mountaineer Gwen Moffat climbing again?
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The Essay. Five Poems I Wish I Had Written, Robert Frost's 'Design' Audio, 15 minutes
Poet Don Paterson reflects on Robert Frost's 'Design'.
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The Essay. Five Poems I Wish I Had Written, Sylvia Plath's 'Cut' Audio, 15 minutes
Poet Don Paterson reflects on Sylvia Plath's poem 'Cut'.
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The Essay. Five Poems I Wish I Had Written, Michael Donaghy's 'The Hunter's Purse' Audio, 15 minutes
Poet Don Paterson reflects on Michael Donaghy's 'The Hunter's Purse'.
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The Essay. Five Poems I Wish I Had Written, Elizabeth Bishop's 'Large Bad Picture' Audio, 15 minutes
Poet Don Paterson reflects on Elizabeth Bishop's 'Large Bad Picture'.
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In the Studio. Imtiaz Dharker: Perfecting poetry. Audio, 27 minutes
Hear poetry being crafted by the award-winning Imtiaz Dharker. A poem is “like love”.
- AttributionBBC World Service
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The Essay. Five Poems I Wish I Had Written, Seamus Heaney's 'The Underground' Audio, 15 minutes
Poet Don Paterson reflects on Seamus Heaney's 'The Underground'.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
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Sunday Feature. A Life In Study: Robert Lowell. Audio, 44 minutes
Colm Toibin profiles the brilliance and the madness of American poet Robert Lowell.
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The Essay. Paradise Lost, Patrick McGuinness. Audio, 15 minutes
Poet and critic Patrick McGuinness marks the 350th birthday of Milton's epic poem.
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The Essay. Paradise Lost, Colin Burrow. Audio, 15 minutes
Colin Burrow on why Paradise Lost, 350 years old, is still the best poem in English.
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The Essay. Paradise Lost, Alice Goodman. Audio, 15 minutes
Poet and priest Alice Goodman explores Milton's epic 350 years after it was published.
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The Essay. Paradise Lost, Adam Nicolson. Audio, 15 minutes
Adam Nicolson on Milton's 3-D epic poem first published 350 years ago.
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The Essay. Paradise Lost, Sean O'Brien. Audio, 15 minutes
Sean O'Brien on how bold Milton's Paradise Lost was, 350 years on from being published.
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Sunday Feature. Ginsberg in India. Audio, 45 minutes
Writer Jeet Thayil retraces beat poet Allen Ginsberg's travels round India in the 1960s.
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The Documentary Podcast. Hadraawi: The Somali Shakespeare. Audio, 27 minutes
Somali life and culture through the work of poet Mohamed Ibrahim Warsame 'Hadraawi'
- AttributionBBC World Service
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The Documentary Podcast. Yangon Renaissance: Poets, Punks and Painters. Audio, 27 minutes
Inside Yangon as revealed through the artists, writers and musicians forging new Myanmar
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The Essay. The Love that Wrote Its Name, The Loves of Elizabeth Bishop. Audio, 15 minutes
Neel Mukherjee explores the two great loves of American poet Elizabeth Bishop's life.
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Free Thinking. Landmark: Matthew Arnold's Culture and Anarchy. Audio, 45 minutes
Matthew Sweet and guests debate the contemporary relevance of ideas of poet Matthew Arnold
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