[New-Poetry] Re: ABC Radio National Books and Drama newsletter, 11-18 April

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ABC Radio National Books and Drama newsletter, 11-18 April



ABC Radio National
Books and Drama newsletter
11-18 April 2008


POETICA
12/4/2008 15:00
17/4/2008 15:00
GLUTTONY, featuring Pippa Grandison, William Zappa, Leon Ewing, and Susan Prior, produced by Robyn Ravlich 
URL: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/poetica/stories/2008/2175129.htm 
Following the trajectory of Berthold Brecht's famous lyric 'Food first, morals follow on' in the song 'What Keeps Mankind Alive', Gluttony is a graphic and highly sonic exploration of excessive appetites for food, love, drugs... and then its counterpoint, starvation. We hear poetry from Pablo Neruda, Shakespeake, DH Lawrence, Richard Tipping, Sylvia Plath and more. A



EDITING POET GWEN HARWOOD
URL: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/bookshow/stories/2008/2214519.htm 
Gwen Harwood expressed strong views about editors, especially those 'who couldn't tell poetry from a bunyip's arse'. However, she was friends with one of her editors, Allison Hoddinott for 40 years. Poet and letter writer, Gwen Harwood died in 1995 and Allison Hoddinott writes about her relationship with the acclaimed writer in the Island magazine.

17/4/2008

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