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Book of the Week

Deaths of the Poets

Episode 4: The Burning of Some Idols

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Poets Michael Symmons Roberts and Paul Farley interrogate the myth of the doomed poet. Today they explore the lives - and reclusive deaths - of Emily Dickinson and Rosemary Tonks. Show more

Book of the Week

Deaths of the Poets

Episode 1: A Portable Shrine

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Poets Michael Symmons Roberts and Paul Farley interrogate the myth of the doomed poet. Today they explore the lives - and tragic deaths - of Thomas Chatterton and Dylan Thomas. Show more

Book of the Week

Deaths of the Poets

Episode 2: The Names of the Bridges

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Poets Michael Symmons Roberts and Paul Farley interrogate the myth of the doomed poet. Today they explore the lives - and suicides - of John Berryman and Sylvia Plath. Show more

Book of the Week

Deaths of the Poets

Episode 3: Poet Interrupted

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Poets Michael Symmons Roberts and Paul Farley interrogate the myth of the doomed poet. Today they explore the lives - and deaths - of Stevie Smith and Louis MacNeice. Show more

Book of the Week

Deaths of the Poets

Episode 5

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Poets Michael Symmons Roberts and Paul Farley interrogate the myth of the doomed poet. Today they explore the life - and death - of eccentric poet WH Auden. Show more