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.
For this episode, Tara talks to Will May, Professor of Modern and Contemporary Literature from the University of Southampton. They discuss Will’s research project on ‘Invisible Mentors’ in British poetry. Many of these mentors have been acting in these roles, largely unpaid, for decades. Tara and Will also talk about how ‘Invisible Mentors’ has helped to highlight wider issues around representation and diversity in poetry. (For more, see: https://www.southampton.ac.uk/research/projects/invisible-mentors-british-poetry-in-partnership-1960-2020.)
Creator & Host – Tara Stubbs
Recording, Editing & Producing – Rydian Cook
Funder: The British Academy
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