Demystifying Poetry
Demystifying Poetry
Podcast Description
Join poetry prof Tara Stubbs (Oxford) as she talks all things poetry with poets, educators, anthologists and even ‘poetry pharmacists’. In each podcast, Tara asks her guests about their relationships with poetry, their favourite poets, and the ways they use poetry to think about wider issues that relate to the world we live in. The conversations are informal and wide-ranging, but they all try to ‘demystify’ poetry – challenging and removing some of the barriers to poetry that we often find in education, community and society.
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The show explores diverse themes relating to poetry, education, and societal issues. Episodes feature conversations about poetry's role in activism, as seen in discussions with poets like Jacqueline Saphra, and the educational value of poetry, highlighted by guests such as Liz Ison and Dinah Roe. Specific focus areas include the relationship between poetry and visual art, exemplified by Carol Jacobi’s work in exhibitions.
Join poetry prof Tara Stubbs (Oxford) as she talks all things poetry with poets, educators, anthologists and even ‘poetry pharmacists’. In each podcast, Tara asks her guests about their relationships with poetry, their favourite poets, and the ways they use poetry to think about wider issues that relate to the world we live in. The conversations are informal and wide-ranging, but they all try to ‘demystify’ poetry – challenging and removing some of the barriers to poetry that we often find in education, community and society.
In this episode, Tara talks to the poetry educator and anthologist Liz Ison. Liz leads poetry walks, as well as running poetry reading workshops in a variety of different spaces, from care homes to pubs. She has also edited the Taylor Swift-inspired anthology Poems for Tortured Souls. We talk about the value of reading poetry out loud, how Liz’s working life is informed by poetry, and how she came into her various roles in the poetry world.
For more on Liz, go to https://societyofauthors.org/soa-member/liz-ison/. You can also find her on Instagram @liz.ison https://www.instagram.com/liz.ison/?hl=en
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