Modern-ish Poets Series 2: Derek Walcott

<p>Seamus Perry and Mark Ford discuss the life and work of the Saint Lucian Nobel laureate Derek Walcott, the island poet and playwright surrounded by an oceanic consciousness, whose writing recognises at once the terrible gulfs between peoples and our common predicament.</p><p>To listen to series one of <em>Modern-ish Poets</em> and all our other Close Readings series, sign up here:</p><p>Directly in Apple Podcasts: <a href="https://apple.co/3pJoFPq" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://apple.co/3pJoFPq</a></p><p>In other podcast apps: <a href="https://lrb.me/mpsignuppod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lrb.me/closereadings</a></p><p>Series one of <em>Modern-ish Poets</em> looks at Philip Larkin, W. H. Auden, Elizabeth Bishop, Thomas Hardy, Stevie Smith, A. E. Housman, Wallace Stevens, Sylvia Plath, Seamus Heaney and Robert Lowell.</p><p>This episode was first published on the LRB Podcast in March 2021.</p><br><p>Further reading on and by Walcott in the <em>LRB</em>:</p><p>'Militia' by Derek Walcott: <a href="https://lrb.me/walcottmilitiapod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lrb.me/walcottmilitiapod</a></p><p>Ian Sansom: <a href="https://lrb.me/sansomwalcottpod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lrb.me/sansomwalcottpod</a></p><p>Nicholas Everett: <a href="https://lrb.me/everettwalcottpod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lrb.me/everettwalcottpod</a></p><p>Stephen Brook: <a href="https://lrb.me/brookwalcottpod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lrb.me/brookwalcottpod</a></p><p>Blake Morrison: <a href="https://lrb.me/morrisonwalcottpod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lrb.me/morrisonwalcottpod</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

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