The Glimpse: A Poetry Podcast
Our second season of The Glimpse is here, featuring lively conversations between poets about their work and about poems that inspire them.Our host for this season, Seán Hewitt, interviews poets connected to Ireland, including Irish, Northern Irish, and diasporic poets.
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Lightning, Chance, and Magic (opens the original)
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Niall Campbell speaks with host Hannah Lowe about love and labor, reading back catalogs, and being the kind of person who says “no.” Niall reads his poem “Good Night” and Deborah Digges’ poem “The Birthing.”
Thinking About Flowers (opens the original)
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Jason Allen-Paisant joins host Hannah Lowe for a conversation about the pastoral and un-pastoral, using the lyric politically, and the joy of speculative poetry. Jason reads his poem “Walking with the Word ‘Tree’” and Wisława Szymborska’s poem “The Silence of Plants.”
The Language of Crystals (opens the original)
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Richard Scott chats with host Hannah Lowe about queer ancestors, deep time, supermarkets of the mind, and the lyric poem as illumination device. Scott reads his poem “Red Jasper” and Allen Ginsberg’s poem “A Supermarket in California.”
Please Go Gentle (opens the original)
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Mimi Khalvati speaks with host Hannah Lowe about Dylan Thomas’ reckless life, poetic forms as an antidote to modernity, and learning to pronounce her own name. Mimi reads her poem “Coma” and Dylan Thomas’ “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night.”
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