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The Echo Chamber

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Paul Farley presents a series showcasing the best of the latest poetry

The Echo Chamber: Series 3

The Echo Chamber: Series 3: Episode 1: Derek Walcott

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Derek Walcott

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Episode 1: Derek Walcott

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BBC Radio 4 - The Echo Chamber, Series 3, Derek Walcott

Paul Farley presents a conversation about poems and flying fish with Derek Walcott.

Paul Farley presents a series showcasing the best in new poetry, beginning with a conversation about poems and flying fish with Derek Walcott, at his home on St Lucia.

Paul Farley returns with Radio 4's new poetry programme. Today's edition is devoted to a conversation (with poems and flying fish) with Derek Walcott at home on St Lucia. Walcott is now 84. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1992. The tropical island of St Lucia has been his home and has defined his work for many years yet he is reluctant to think of himself as a Caribbean poet. His work has travelled far away from his home and his own relationship with St Lucia has been rich but not entirely comfortable. He talks about why and speaks also of his love for the English poets, John Clare and Edward Thomas, whilst, looking out over the Caribbean sea, he recites Walter de la Mare. Producer: Tim Dee.

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