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Sound Escape 211. Enjoy tawny owls calling in a woodland - recorded by author Polly Atkin
The winter calls of tawny owls pierce the night in a Cumbrian woodland. The wind roars through the trees like a stormy sea. This is a special recording made by author Polly Atkin to celebrate her new book, The Company of Owls, which is a record of the nature around her home in Grasmere in the Lake …
Borders and Vulnerability
Send us a Message
The Urban Dictionary’s definition of “tsunamied” is very much not what Zalfa intended. In fact, she had to look it up on reading this entry in the show notes, and wishes she had turned on safe search.
For more on vulnerability, check out Judith Butler’s Precarious Life (2004), Mar…
Frogsong by Polly Atkin
Editorial Note by Max Wallis
Here, Polly Atkin shapes desire as discipline. “Frog Song” begins with refusal, not abandonment, not anger - and turns the body toward water and sun. Relief arrives as touch: a “cool scarf of water,” a face warmed back into itself. Polly asks what it costs to seek light…
Pain Parade by Polly Atkin
Editorial Note by Max Wallis
“Polly Atkin’s Pain Parade takes what most of us try to hide or name in whispers and lets it arrive at full volume, in costume. Pain becomes pageant, procession, myth. A bruise turns into a banner. A body’s flare transforms into dragon, unicorn, moth, owl.
Chronic pain…
Fox / Plague Year Season 3 by Polly Atkin
Editorial Note by Max Wallis
Polly Atkin’s three poems move through pain, body, endurance — and with Fox / Plague Year Season 3 she leaves us with survival as practice. The fox is both real and emblematic: a creature stepping into the road, alert and cautious, a guide through the wreckage of the p…
Polly Atkin
This month Anthea talks with award-winning nature writer, memoirist, and poet Polly Atkin about her remarkable body of work, Nature Cures and the owls of Grasmere. Click here to access a transcript of this episode.
Polly Atkin’s website:
https://pollyatkin.com/about/
Polly Atkin’s article on Lit…
Polly Atkin on the Tawny Owl
The home of poet and non-fiction writer Polly Atkin is surrounded by tawny owls. They are the most common owl in Britain, ranging from 20,000 to 50,000 breeding pairs, though we don't know exactly how many. Polly describes hearing the first melancholy call of a tawny owl in autumn, echoing around t…
Polly Atkin on the Short-Eared Owl
The poet and non-fiction writer Polly Atkin observes the wintering of short-eared owls in Cumbria. They are the UK's most nomadic owl, with residents joined by migrants from Scandinavia, Iceland and Russia, seeking a gentler version of the season. Fellow owl-lovers have told Polly of the moment the…
Polly Atkin on the Long-eared Owl
The non-fiction writer Polly Atkin is particularly fond of owls. Tawny owls surround her home in Grasmere in Cumbria, and she has observed the wintering of short-eared owls at the coast. One which remains elusive is the highly secretive long-eared owl, which Polly has never seen in the wild. Consid…
Polly Atkin on the Grey Wagtail
Non-fiction writer Polly Atkin tells the story of a magical moment when a grey wagtail joined her swimming by a waterfall in a tree-lined gorge.
Produced by Sophie Anton for BBC Audio in Bristol.
Featuring audio recorded by Jarek Matusiak from Xeno-Canto (Grey Wagtail -XC360715).
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