In this episode, poet Suzannah Evans discusses James Tate’s ‘Making the Best of the Holidays’ and how reading this work influenced the writing of her own poem ‘A Course in Miracles’. In the interview, Suzannah reflects on the use of form, tone, humour, and the notion of objectionable or challenging narrators as she unpicks James…
Posted on 13th November 2023 in NewsIn this episode, poet Rob Hindle discusses William Blake’s ‘The Sick Rose’ and how reading this work influenced the writing of his own poem ‘The Sick Rose’. In the interview, Rob reflects on Blake’s political convictions, and touches on psychoanalytical readings of Blake as a means of understanding the original poem. He goes on to…
Posted on 30th October 2023 in NewsOver the next few months I’m giving my website over to The Two-Way Poetry Podcast, a series of interviews that I made where I speak to poets about their own creative inspirations and practice. In each episode, I invite a writer to talk about a poem that has influenced his or her or their own…
Posted on 21st October 2023 in NewsYou can read an on-line review of my latest collection, Little Piece of Harm, on The Friday Poem website here: ‘A Man was shot not far from where we live’. The review is by Emma Simon and the e-zine itself is run by Hilary Menos. You can find out more about The Friday Poem (and…
Posted on 6th July 2021 in NewsMy third and final blog post on my new poetry collection Little Piece of Harm is now available on the Longbarrow Press website. I discuss influence, the writerly clutter of repetition, and creative invention. You can read ‘The Long Goodbye: Refrains and Variations in Little Piece of Harm‘ here. You can purchase a copy of…
Posted on 18th April 2021 in News