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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: Lost Voices - Patricia Beer

03/09/2017

Lost Voices - Patricia Beer

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Poetry Extra, Lost Voices - Patricia Beer

Daljit Nagra chooses Brian Patten's re-evaluation of the work of Patricia Beer.

Poet-in-residence Daljit Nagra chooses Brian Patten's re-evaluation of Patricia Beer, whose poetic voice grew out of a life menaced by insecurity and anger. From April 2011.

BBC Radio 4's Poet in Residence, Daljit Nagra revisits the BBC's radio poetry archive with 'Lost Voices: Patricia Beer'. 

A fresh evaluation of the work of Patricia Beer by Brian Patten. Her strong, clear poetic voice grew out of a life menaced by insecurity and anger. Her friend, the poet Elaine Feinstein, and her niece, the novelist Patricia Duncker, consider the woman and the poetry.

Producer Christine Hall

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2011.

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