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16/12/2016

The Eccentric Verb

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Ian McMillan presents Radio 3's cabaret of the word, exploring eccentricity.

Ian McMillan presents Radio 3's cabaret of the word, examining eccentricity. Guests include Kevin Jackson, Sharon Olds, Heather Phillipson and David Bramwell.

Ian's guests on the Eccentric Verb include the writer David Bramwell who has co-written 'The Odditorium' (Brewer's) with Jo Keeling. The book celebrates the often unsung 'tricksters, eccentrics, deviants and inventors whose obsessions changed the world'.

The poet won the T.S Eliot prize in 2012 for her last collection, 'Stag's Leap'. She published her latest collection earlier this year, 'Odes'.

Heather Phillipson presents the last new commission in Radio 3's 70th anniversary season 'Three Score and Ten', which features new original poems from up and coming writers.

The writer Kevin Jackson examines literary eccentricity. His latest book is 'Constellation of Genius: Modernism Year One'. (Windmill)

Presenter: Ian McMillan
Producer: Faith Lawrence.

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