The Poet Laureate Podcast
The Poet Laureate Podcast
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A luminous space for listening. Each month: one poet, one moment. Hosted by Kyeren Regehr, 7th Poet Laureate of Victoria.
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The podcast showcases themes of poetry, connection, and cultural reflection, with episodes including intimate conversations with poets where they share their works and explore the process of writing, examples include discussions around poetry as prayer and the connection between poetry and personal experience.
A luminous space for listening. Each month: one poet, one moment.
Hosted by Kyeren Regehr, 7th Poet Laureate of Victoria.
In this debut episode, Kyeren Regehr welcomes acclaimed Métis poet Lorri Neilsen Glenn who speaks with clarity and grace about writing as a way to think, to listen, and to find connection across time and experience. Featuring three poems, including Writing Has Always Felt Like Praying. Recorded in Victoria, BC, on the Lekwungen homelands at Haus of Owl.
This episode is generously sponsored by Munro's Books. A literary landmark in downtown Victoria, Munro’s has been a sanctuary for readers and writers alike for over sixty years. Munro's Books ships internationally: books by Lorri Neilsen Glenn can be ordered from munrobooks.com
Lorri Neilsen Glenn is a Canadian poet, ethnographer, essayist and educator. Born in Winnipeg, and raised on the Prairies, she moved to Nova Scotia in 1983. Neilsen Glenn is the author and/or contributing editor of fifteen titles of poetry, creative nonfiction and scholarly works.
She was the first Métis Poet Laureate of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and is a Professor Emerita at Mount Saint Vincent University. An award-winning teacher and researcher, Lorri has served on juries for the Canada Council, CBC literary awards and numerous provincial and national book prizes.
Lorri's poetry has been adapted several times for libretti and her essays and poems appear in numerous anthologies and literary journals. She was a recipient of Halifax's Women of Excellence award, has had appointments as Writer in Residence across Canada and served as President of the Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia. Lorri has mentored writers across Canada and in Ireland, New Zealand, Australia, Greece, and Chile. She divides her time between Halifax and Rose Bay, Nova Scotia.
The Poet Laureate Podcast is recorded in studio at Haus of Owl: Creation Labs—supporting artists to create the best work of their careers. Original music by Chris Regehr. To learn more or reach out, visit www.thepoetlaureatepodcast.com or find us on Instagram @poetlaureatepodcast & [email protected].
We acknowledge with gratitude that this work was created on the unceded homelands of the lək̓ʷəŋən and W̱SÁNEĆ peoples.
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