Extraordinary Voices for Extraordinary Times is a monthly poetry podcast brought to you by UQP in collaboration with the Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund. Hosts Ellen van Neerven and Omar Sakr will be joined by guest poets as they take up the challenge to write new responsive poetry in a short amount of time.
Extraordinary Voice for Extraordinary Times
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Extraordinary Voices for Extraordinary Times is a monthly poetry podcast brought to you by UQP in collaboration with the Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund. Hosts Ellen van Neerven and Omar Sakr will be joined by guest poets as they take up the challenge to write new responsive poetry in a short amount of time.
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December 9, 2020
Episode 6: Omar Sakr and Lachlan Brown
Host Omar Sakr talks with guest poet Lachlan Brown. Lachlan grew up in Macquarie Fields in South West Sydney. His first collection, Limited Cities (Giramondo, 2012), was commended for the Mary Gilmore Award. His poems have been shortlisted and highly commended for the Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize, the Canberra Poetry Prize, the Newcastle Poetry Prize, the Judith Wright Poetry Prize, and the Blake Poetry Prize. He teaches literature at Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga. Lachlan discusses his new poem 'Walking in Isolation', the challenges of writing a sestina and the photos that inspired his work. Omar reads his new poem, 'The Poems I Couldn't Write This Week' and discusses the compulsion to write and the industry of poetry.
November 12, 2020
Episode 5: Hani Abdile and Ellen van Neerven
Ellen van Neerven talks with writer and spoken word poet Hani Abdile. Hani fled the civil war in Somalia at 16, forced to leave her family behind. She made her way to Australian waters by boat and was detained on Christmas Island. Hani is author of 'I Will Rise', an honorary member of PEN International, and a lead writer for Writing Through Fences. She currently lives in Sydney. Hani discusses her new poem, 'Sadness and the Sea', and Ellen shares her new poem 'Access Denied', both of which address themes of survival, human rights, community and resilience. To read the poems in full, visit www.uqp.com.au. CREDITS: Host: Ellen van Neerven Producer: Sally Wilson Audio production: Anthony Frangi
October 6, 2020
Episode 4: Omar Sakr with Ali Cobby Eckermann
Omar Sakr talks with Ali Cobby Eckermann, a Yankunytjatjara Aboriginal poet and the author of seven books including the verse novel Ruby Moonlight (2012), and the poetry collections Inside My Mother (2015) and the memoir Too Afraid to Cry (2013). In 2017 she was awarded Yale University's Windham Campbell Prize in Poetry. Ali reads her poem 'Temple', inspired by her recent move to regional South Australia where she grew up, while Omar shares his new poem 'Things That Saved My Life Lately'. They discuss isolation, self care, and slowing down. To read the poems in full, visit www.uqp.com.au. CREDITS: Host: Omar Sakr Producer: Sally Wilson Audio production: Anthony Frangi
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