In a guest episode of the podcast, Suzannah V. Evans interviews Sinéad Morrissey, who won the Forward Prize for best collection for her 2017 book, On Balance. Morrissey was delivering the keynote lecture at this year's Stanza Poetry Festival, w

Lessons from the School of Night: Paul Muldoon

Jun 18th, 2018 19m 10s

Pulitzer Prize winning Irish poet Paul Muldoon discusses everything from the Dingle Peninsula in Ireland to Rudy Giuliani to what people expect from poetry. Muldoon is the author of over thirty collections and the recipient of numerous awards,

Lessons from the School of Night: David Harsent

Apr 30th, 2018 18m 47s

I don't feel any such responsibility at all, because I can't help being white and I can't help being male, any more than I can help being working class— David HarsentSean Robinson met with David Harsent after his reading at Toppings in Decem

Lessons from the School of Night: Douglas Dunn

Dec 29th, 2017 26m 50s

In this interview I met with Douglas Dunn, who spoke candidly about the experience of growing old as a writer; discussed teaching and playwriting as ways for a poet to make ends meet; and reminisced about the publication of his first book Terry

Lessons from the School of Night: Eric Langley

May 30th, 2017 32m 49s

Lessons from the School of Night"I generally find that language will just open up again every time you hit a wall"— Eric LangleySean Robinson met with Eric Langley at the Topping bookshop, before Eric's appearance at the School of Night, w

Lessons from the School of Night: Polly Clark

Apr 6th, 2017 18m 14s

It's not so much about imagery or language as it is about longing for that human connection. It's imagining yourself into another life in order to connect with it and be less isolated. And that is the case in my poetry as well - imagination is

Lessons from Stanza: Robert Crawford

Mar 17th, 2017 17m 56s

Suzannah V. Evans met with Robert Crawford after his Centre Stage reading for StAnza poetry festival. They talked about the nature of place in poetry, the importance of writing economically, and the challenges of combining a day job with creati

Lessons from Stanza: Paul Stephenson

Mar 17th, 2017 16m 23s

Suzannah V. Evans met with Paul Stephenson at the Byre Theatre bar. They discussed Paul’s StAnza highlights, his experience of living and working in France, and the publication of his second pamphlet The Days that Followed Paris (HappenStance,

Lessons from Stanza: Katharine Towers

Mar 17th, 2017 16m 56s

Suzannah talked with poet Katharine Towers after her StAnza reading at the Undercroft in St Andrews. They touched upon Katharine’s interest in French writers and her love of Elizabath Bishop, as well as discussing Katharine’s most recent collec

Lessons from the School of Night: An interview with Vahni Capildeo at the Stanza Poetry Festival

Mar 17th, 2017 16m 31s

Suzannah spoke with Vahni Capildeo ahead of her Centre Stage reading at the StAnza poetry festival. They discussed growing up in a multilingual culture, thinking in things other than language, constructing prose poems, and the different kinds o

Lessons from the School of Night: An Interview With Sam Riviere

Sep 29th, 2016 13m 14s

The first Lesson from the School of Night, featuring poet Sam Riviere, author of 81 Austerities (Faber & Faber 2012), winner of the Forward Prize for Best First Collection, Standard Twin Fantasy (Eggbox, 2014), and Kim Kardashian’s Marriage (Fa

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