Arji's Poetry Pickle Jar X Poetry Book Society

I am so massively excited to bring Kwame Dawes into the Pickle Jar.

He is the author of twenty books of poetry and numerous other books of fiction, criticism, and essays. In 2016 his book, Speak from Here to There, a co-written collection of verse with Australian poet John Kinsella appeared.  He is Glenna Luschei Editor of Prairie Schooner and teaches at the University of Nebraska and the Pacific MFA Program.  He is Director of the African Poetry Book Fund and Artistic Director of the Calabash International Literary Festival.

Often called 'the busiest man in literature', Today he joins us to talk about his new book Sturge Town.

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Arji's Poetry Pickle Jar

By Arji Manuelpillai

Arji's Poetry Pickle Jar is a place where we pickle the poems we know you’ll love. Each week we invite a published poet into the studio to share a poem they this is brilliant. We dismantle and dissect it, open it up to the sky so that you, the listener, can see it in a completely new light and we hope you will grow to love it as much as us.

This podcast is for newcomers and professionals, for teachers, young people and everyone in between.

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