Southword Poetry Podcast
The Southword Poetry Podcast is produced by the Munster Literature Centre. Each episode, a guest poet talks in depth about their latest work and shares a few of their poems. We also hear a poem from a recent issue of the literary journal Southword. Sarah Byrne hosted the 2022 season. Clíona Ní Ríordáin hosted the 2024 season. Poets were selected by the hosts, Patrick Cotter and James O’Leary. The Munster Literature Centre is a grateful recipient of funding from the Arts Council of Ireland and the Arts Office of Cork City Council.
Episodes
19 episodes
Gail McConnell: The Sun Is Open
(00:00) – Clíona Ní Ríordáin and James O’Leary Discussion(03:32) - Gail McConnell interview(01:01:50) - Southword poem, 13.58, January 28th 2022 by James McDermottGail McConnell is from Belfast. She is the author of of
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Episode 18
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1:03:28
Paisley Rekdal: West A Translation
(00:00) - Paisley Rekdal interview(53:00) - Clíona Ní Ríordáin and Patrick Cotter Discussion(01:03:15) - Southword poem, Waiting for the baby by Afric McGlincheyRekdal grew up in Seattle, Washington, the daughter of a Chinese Am...
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Episode 17
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1:04:46
Deborah Paredez: Year of the Dog
(00:00) - Clíona Ní Ríordáin and James O'Leary Discussion(04:55) - Deborah Paredez interview(58:00) - Southword poem, Mother Tongue by Grace H. ZhouDeborah Paredez is a poet and cultural critic. She is the author of the poetry v...
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Episode 16
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1:01:02
Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh: Tonn Teaspaigh agus Dánta Eile
(00:00) - Clíona Ní Ríordáin and Patrick Cotter Discussion(08:35) - Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh interview(55:48) - Southword poem, A South Ulster Homestead by Mary O'DonnellAilbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh was born in Kerry. She has read at fest...
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Episode 15
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59:26
Martín Espada: Floaters
(00:00) - Clíona Ní Ríordáin and Patrick Cotter Discussion(08:43) - Martín Espada interview(01:14:46) - Southword poem, When Our Mother Dies by Jenny MitchellMartín Espada has published more than twenty books as a poet, editor, ...
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Episode 14
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1:17:44
Thomas McCarthy: Prophecy
(0:00) - Clíona Ní Ríordáin and Patrick Cotter Discussion(24:23) - Thomas McCarthy interview(1:06:53) - Southword poem, The Woman Who Used To Bleed by Lorraine McArdleThomas McCarthy was born in Co. Waterford and educated at UCC...
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Episode 13
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1:08:59
Abigail Parry: I Think We're Alone Now
(0:00) - Clíona Ní Ríordáin and James O'Leary Discussion(4:00) - Abigail Parry interview(47:23) - Southword poem, My Poetry Isn’t Art Enough by Pragya Gogoi
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Episode 12
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50:05
Paddy Bushe: Peripheral Vision
(0:00) - Clíona Ní Ríordáin and Patrick Cotter Discussion(7:34) - Paddy Bushe interview(51:48) - Southword poem, Perault's Wolf by Tracy GaughanPaddy Bushe was born in Dublin in 1948 and now lives in Waterville, Co. Kerry. He wr...
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Episode 11
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53:56
Paul Muldoon: Howdie-Skelp
Paul Muldoon is the author of fourteen collections of poetry, including Moy Sand and Gravel, for which he received the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, and...
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Episode 10
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25:21
Ishion Hutchinson: House of Lords and Commons
Ishion Hutchinson was born in Port Antonio, Jamaica. He is the author of two poetry collections: Far District and
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Episode 9
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40:13
Susannah Dickey: Oh!
Susannah Dickey grew up in Derry and now lives in London. She is the author of four poetry pamphlets, I had some very slight concerns (2017), genuine human values (2018),
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Episode 8
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40:17
Dean Browne: Kitchens at Night
Dean Browne won the Geoffrey Dearmer Prize in 2021 and his pamphlet, Kitchens at Night, was a winner of the Poetry Business International Pamphlet Competition; it wa...
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Episode 7
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28:56
Molly Twomey: Raised Among Vultures
Molly Twomey grew up in Lismore, County Waterford, and graduated in 2019 with an MA in Creative Writing from University College Cork. She has been published in Poetry Review, Poetry Ireland Review, Banshee, The Irish Times, Mslexia, The Sti...
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Episode 6
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36:00
Shangyang Fang: Burying the Mountain
Shangyang Fang grew up in Chengdu, China, and composes poems both in English and Chinese. While studying civil engineering at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, he realized his bigger passi...
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Episode 5
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41:36
Ciaran O'Driscoll: Angel Hour
Ciaran O’Driscoll lives in Limerick. A member of Aosdána, he has published ten books of poetry, including Gog and Magog (1987), Moving On, Still There: New and Selected Poems (2001...
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Episode 4
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42:45
Jenna Clake: Museum of Ice Cream
Jenna Clake's debut collection of poetry Fortune Cookie won the Melita Hume prize in...
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Episode 3
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42:39
Cameron Awkward-Rich: Dispatch
Cameron Awkward-Rich is the author of two collections of poetry: Sympathetic Little Monster (Ricochet Editions, 2016) and
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Episode 2
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42:14