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Kaveh Akbar and Seán Hewitt: Pilgrim Bell
Kaveh Akbar and Seán Hewitt: Pilgrim Bell
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Length:
52 minutes
Released:
Jul 6, 2022
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Podcast episode
Description
Back in March 2018 Iranian-born Kaveh Akbar launched his debut collection Calling a Wolf a Wolf with us at the bookshop. He joined us again in digital form, for his second, Pilgrim Bell (Chatto), a rich and moving collection which explores issues of ambivalence around ethnicity, national identity and religious belief. He read a selection from his work, and discussed it with Seán Hewitt, fellow poet and author of Tongues of Fire and forthcoming memoir All Down Darkness Wide (Cape). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Released:
Jul 6, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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