Podcasts about sprackland

In her previous book Strands poet and essayist Jean Sprackland brought lyrically to life the hidden histories of objects found on her local beaches. Now in These Silent Mansions (Jonathan Cape) she brings together a magpie-like collector’s instinct, a historian’s restless curiosity and a poet’s keen sensibility to investigate what graveyards can tell us about both the dead and the living. Revisiting cemeteries in the towns and cities she has over the years called home, she unearths the fascinating, moss-hidden histories of those buried there, and investigates how memory and remembering ties us to the past, the present and the future.Sprackland was in conversation with Chris McCabe, a writer who has travelled extensively through the graveyards of London in books such as Cenotaph South, In the Catacombs and most recently, The East Edge. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We were joined by two cutting-edge Offord Road Books poets, A K Blakemore & Martha Sprackland.

Anphimiadi is one of Georgia’s leading contemporary poets. With subtle lyricism, her poetry describes the most intense experiences of many women’s lives: childbirth; love, with its many complications and death.  Anphimiadi’s own paternal roots lie in Pontus, a historically Greek region on the southern coast of the Black Sea which at one time stretched from central Anatolia, in modern-day Turkey, to the borders of the Colchis in modern western Georgia. Home to the legendary Golden Fleece, West Pontus is sometimes referred to as the home of the Amazons. Undoubtedly, Diana’s Greek roots inspired her use of the goddesses and other female figures from Greek mythology. Both Helen of Troy and Medusa are conjured up; these figures allow the poet to speak out – throwing her voice through centuries of experience – against the unchanged restrictions placed on women in patriarchal societies. This is part of our new rebranded weekly release: the Dual Poetry Podcast, one poem in two languages from the Poetry Translation Centre. As ever we will be releasing a translated poem each week. Please take a moment to rate and review this podcast on iTunes or wherever you download.

Ten percent of New Hampshire residents are food insecure. Abby Sprackland is a young adult working as an Americorp Member at a food bank to combat hunger. UNH-Manchester Student William Duval interviews Sprackland about her work and the nuts and bolts of the New Hampshire Foodbank. This podcast shares her story of the path to this career and answers the question: How does a food bank work?

Diana Anphimiadi quickly distinguished herself as an unusually imaginative, original talent in the Georgian poetry scene. Her work refuses the formulaic or expected response, wrong-footing readers with its wit and delicacy. In her acclaimed 2013 collection, Personal Cuisine, for instance she explores the traumatic experiences of recent years, yet the narrative unfolds as a patchwork of recipes, poems and stories. If you enjoy this podcast and would like to support the work of the Poetry Translation Centre then please visit poetrytranslation.org/support-us  

Join HTR as We welcome Dr. Robert Sprackland and talk about Varanus to Tupinambis.  We will Cover all his Great Books.  Im honored to have Him on the Show. Heres a link to one of my Favorite Books Dr. Sprackland Wrote. http://www.amazon.com/Giant-Lizards-Definitive-Breeding-Monitors/dp/0793805813/ref=sr_1_fkmr2_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1387549560&sr=8-1-fkmr2&keywords=Dr+Robert+Sprackland

This Friday the 13th is your lucky day if you listen to UrbanJunglesRadio especially if you are a monitor lizard fan. Join Danny & Andy as we speak to Dr. Robert Sprackland, Herpetologist and Researcher, Author, Artsit and so much more! Tune in as we talk to Dr. Sprackland about our love for giant lizards of the Varanid variety! We'll also update you on how the first meeting for the National Herp Society went and so much more! Make sure you join us live every Friday night at 10pm or download the podcast today.  For more info please visit our website at www.UrbanJunglesRadio.com

In Friday's edition of the StAnza Festival podcast, we feature an excerpt from Thursday's StAnza lecture by Grevel Lindop as well as choice selections from the Younger Poets' Showcase event featuring Swithun Cooper, Catriona Lexy Campbell and Andreas Unterweger. We also have the pleasure to include another of Brian Johnstone's Director's Cut events featuring Grevel again - this time with his poet hat on - and award winning poet Jean Sprackland. StAnza podcast supremo Al Innes catches up with our artist in resident Jay Bernard and we finish up with the StAnza writer in residence Kei Miller reading from his as yet unpublished collection "A Light Song of Light".