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Weekly opportunity for listeners to revisit the riches of the BBC radio poetry archive

A brand new poetry slot on Radio 4 Extra gives listeners a weekly opportunity to revisit the riches of the BBC radio poetry archive

Poetry Extra: The Echo Chamber - The Poet, the Poem, and the Savannah

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10/01/2016

The Echo Chamber - The Poet, the Poem, and the Savannah

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Poetry Extra, The Echo Chamber - The Poet, the Poem, and the Savannah

Glyn Maxwell, poet and author of On Poetry, discusses his work. Presented by Paul Farley.

Daljit Nagra introduces The Echo Chamber, with Glyn Maxwell, poet and author of On Poetry, discussing his work. Presented by Paul Farley.

BBC Radio 4's Poet in Residence, Daljit Nagra revisits the BBC's radio poetry archive. 

In 'The Echo Chamber', Paul Farley talks to Glyn Maxwell, poet and author of On Poetry. White, Black, Form, Pulse, Chime, Space and Time are Glyn's chapter titles. How and why are poems written? With readings by Glyn of his own work, new and old. 

Producer: Tim Dee.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2013.

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