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7: What You Don't Want to Know; Adam Wyeth; Coming Close to Charles Simic

7: What You Don't Want to Know; Adam Wyeth; Coming Close to Charles Simic

FromBooks for Breakfast


7: What You Don't Want to Know; Adam Wyeth; Coming Close to Charles Simic

FromBooks for Breakfast

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Length:
44 minutes
Released:
Aug 27, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Today’s show features Deborah Levy’s Things I Don’t Want to Know, Flights by Olga Tocarczuk; the Toaster Challenge guest is poet and playwright Adam Wyeth. We also discuss Charles Simic’s latest collection of poems Come Closer and Listen and The Life of Images: Selected Prose.Toaster Challenge choice: Clarice Lispector,Hour of the StarIntro/outro music: Colm Mac Con Iomaire, ‘Thou Shalt Not Carry’ from The Hare’s Corner, 2008, with thanks to Colm for permission to use it.Art work by Freya SirrTo subscribe to Books for Breakfast go to your podcast provider of choice (Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google etc) and search for the podcast then hit subscribe or follow, or simply click the appropriate button above. If you want to be alerted when a new episode is released follow the instructions here for iPhone or iPad. For Spotify notifications follow the instructions here.Support the show
Released:
Aug 27, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

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A fortnightly look at fiction and poetry hosted by poets and writers Peter Sirr and Enda Wyley. Also features the Toaster Challenge where guest writers are given the time it takes to make toast to talk about a book that has resonated with them.