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Matsuo Basho and the Art of Haiku
The Japanese poet Matsuo Bashō didn’t just write haiku but transformed a whole genre of poetry. In this video, we explore how Bashō turned a playful poetic form into one of the most refined expressions of Japanese literature. Through travel, … Continue reading
BBC Radio 4 – Archive on 4, Robert Graves and ‘I Claudius’, L years on
It’s 50 years on from the first screening of the TV series I, Claudius – the hugely popular and perhaps surprising cultural phenomenon that brought the story of a lesser-known Roman emperor into the living rooms of millions of families … Continue reading
The Essay – New Generation Thinkers 2024 – Digging for Words – BBC Sounds
Jade Cuttle explores new words in nature writing In 1773, Phillis Wheatley became the first African American to publish a collection of poems. Jade Cuttle looks at the way her poems were described and asks what do we categorise as … Continue reading
BBC Radio 4 – The Verb, Forrest Gander, Laurie Bolger, SJ Fowler, Rachel Segal Hamilton
Forrest Gander, Laurie Bolger, SJ Fowler and Rachel Segal Hamilton. Pulitzer prize-winning poet Forrest Gander discusses the Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellowships. An initiative which awards $50,000 to poets of literary merit appointed to serve in civic positions to … Continue reading
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