by Faber Poetry Podcast
The Faber Poetry Podcast is a twice-monthly podcast bringing together some of the most exciting voices from the world of poetry, curated, produced and presented by poets Rachael Allen and Jack Underwood. Whether you're a devotee or a newcomer to verse, join Rachael and Jack for lively conversation with their studio guests and audio postcards sent by acclaimed poets from around the globe.
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March 21, 2025
A special bonus episode of the Faber Poetry Podcast with Edwina Attlee and Ange Mlinko.
December 11, 2023
<div>Oh what a night. . . In this special episode, recorded live at the London Review Bookshop, Rachael and Jack are joined by Ishion Hutchinson and Oluwaseun Olayiwola, and we have an audio postcard from Charlotte Mew, delivered by the actress Emilia Clarke. <br> <br> <strong>Show notes</strong><br> <strong><br> Live guests</strong><br> <br> ISHION HUTCHINSON was born in Port Antonio, Jamaica. He is the author of the poetry collections <a href="https://www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/stock/far-district-ishion-hutchinson"><em>Far District</em></a>, winner of the PEN/Joyce Osterweil Award for Poetry, and <a href="https://www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/stock/house-of-lords-and-commons-ishion-hutchinson"><em>House of Lords and Commons</em></a>, which received the National Book Critics Circle Award in Poetry. He is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Joseph Brodsky Rome Prize in Literature, the Whiting Award, and a Donald Windham–Sandy M. Campbell Literature Prize, among other honours. His new collection, <a href="https://www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/stock/school-of-instructions-ishion-hutchinson"><em>School of Instructions</em></a>, is shortlisted for the 2023 T. S. Eliot Prize. <br> <br> OLUWASEUN OLAYIWOLA is a poet, critic, and choreographer living in London. His poems and criticism have been published in the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/mar/20/poem-of-the-week-simulacrum-by-oluwaseun-olayiwola"><em>Guardian</em></a>, <em>The Poetry Review</em>, <em>Oxford Poetry</em>, the <em>Telegraph</em>, the <em>TLS</em>, and elsewhere. Seun was an inaugural member of the Southbank Poetry Collective. His debut collection, <em>Strange Beach</em>, is forthcoming in the US and UK. He recently began lecturing in the Kingston School of Art.<br> <br> <strong>Audio postcards</strong><br> <br> 'The Trees are Down' written by Charlotte Mew and read by Emilia Clarke. The poem is included in Charlotte Mew's <a href="https://www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/stock/selected-poetry-and-prose-charlotte-mew"><em>Selected Poetry and Prose</em></a> (Faber). <br> <br> <strong>About the presenters</strong><br> <br> RACHAEL ALLEN is the author of <em>Kingdomland</em> (Faber) and co-author of numerous artists’ books, including <em>Nights of Poor Sleep</em> (Prototype), <em>Almost One, Say Again!</em> (Slimvolume), <em>Green at an Angle</em> (Kestle Barton) and <em>Material </em>(Loose Joints). She was recently Anthony Burgess Fellow at the University of Manchester, is the poetry editor for Granta Publications, teaches Creative Writing at Queen Mary University, and her second collection of poems, <a href="https://www.faber.co.uk/product/9780571379910-god-complex/"><em>God Complex</em></a>, is forthcoming from Faber in 2024.<br> <br> JACK UNDERWOOD is a poet, writer and critic. He is author of <em>Happiness</em> (Faber 2015), <em>Solo for Mascha Voice </em>(Test Centre, 2018) and <em>A Year in the New Life</em> (Faber 2021). His debut work of non-fiction, NOT EVEN THIS, was published by Corsair in 2021. He has collaborated widely with composers and artists, and his work has been published internationally and in translation. He is senior lecturer in Creative Writing at Goldsmiths College.<br> <br> The Faber Poetry Podcast is produced by Rachael Allen, Jack Underwood and Hannah Marshall for Faber. This live episode was hosted by the LRB Bookshop. Special thanks to Emilia Clarke, John Clegg, Ishion Hutchinson, Gayle Lazda, Oluwaseun Olayiwola and Claire Williams. All three seasons of the podcast are available to stream on Audioboom, Apple Podcasts, Spotify and other major podcast listening platforms.</div>
October 13, 2023
<div>In this episode, Jack and Rachael talk couplets, nutlets and cats in poems, among many other things, with Lucy Mercer in the studio and Maggie Millner down the line from New York. Audio postcards are dispatched from Susannah Dickey, Oluwaseun Olayiwola and Rowan Ricardo Phillips.<br> <br> <strong>Show notes</strong><br> <strong><br> Studio guests</strong><br> <br> LUCY MERCER'S first poetry collection <a href="https://prototypepublishing.co.uk/product/emblem/"><em>Emblem</em> </a>(Prototype, 2022) is a Poetry Book Society Choice. She has written for A<em>rtReview, LA Review of Books</em> and <em>Poetry Review</em> amongst others. She teaches creative writing at Goldsmiths and lives in London.<br> <br> MAGGIE MILLNER was born and raised in rural upstate New York. She teaches writing at Yale and is a senior editor at the <em>Yale Review</em>. Her poems have appeared in the <em>New Yorker, the Paris Review</em> and <em>Poetry.</em> <a href="https://www.faber.co.uk/product/9780571376711-couplets/"><em>Couplets</em> </a>is her first book.<br> <br> <strong>Audio postcards</strong><br> <br> 'Whenever you feel sad you enjoy the smooth refreshing taste of Diet Coke with Lemon' written and read by Susannah Dickey. Her collection <a href="https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/susannah-dickey/isdal/9781035015054"><em>ISDAL</em></a><em> </em>is shortlisted for the 2023 Forward Prize for Best First Collection and is out now. <br> <br> Oluwaseun Olayiwola reads from his poem <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/mar/20/poem-of-the-week-simulacrum-by-oluwaseun-olayiwola">'Simulacrum'.</a> <em>Strange Beach</em>, Oluwaseun Olayiwola's debut poetry collection will be published in 2024.<br> <br> <a href="https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/el-pintor-rowan-ricardo-phillips-original-poem/">'El Pintor'</a> written and read by Rowan Ricardo Phillips. His collections <a href="https://www.faber.co.uk/product/9780571366279-living-weapon/"><em>Living Weapon</em></a><em> </em>(2021) and <a href="https://www.waterstones.com/book/silver/rowan-ricardo-phillips/9780571382927"><em>Silver</em></a> (forthcoming in April '24) are published by Faber.<br> <br> <strong>About the presenters</strong><br> <br> RACHAEL ALLEN is the author of <em>Kingdomland</em> (Faber) and co-author of numerous artists’ books, including <em>Nights of Poor Sleep</em> (Prototype), <em>Almost One, Say Again!</em> (Slimvolume), <em>Green at an Angle</em> (Kestle Barton) and <em>Material </em>(Loose Joints). She was recently Anthony Burgess Fellow at the University of Manchester, is the poetry editor for Granta Publications, teaches Creative Writing at Queen Mary University, and her second collection of poems, <em>God Complex</em>, is forthcoming from Faber in 2024.<br> <br> JACK UNDERWOOD is a poet, writer and critic. He is author of <em>Happiness</em> (Faber 2015), <em>Solo for Mascha Voice </em>(Test Centre, 2018) and <em>A Year in the New Life</em> (Faber 2021). His debut work of non-fiction, NOT EVEN THIS, was published by Corsair in 2021. He has collaborated widely with composers and artists, and his work has been published internationally and in translation. He is senior lecturer in Creative Writing at Goldsmiths College.<br> <br> The Faber Poetry Podcast is produced by Rachael Allen, Jack Underwood and Hannah Marshall for Faber. Production and editing by Strathmore Publishing. Special thanks to Susannah Dickey, Lucy Mercer, Maggie Millner, Oluwaseun Olayiwola and Rowan Ricardo Phillips. All three seasons are available to stream on Audioboom, Apple Podcasts, Spotify and other major podcast listening platforms.</div>
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