# Denise Riley

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Kaliane Bradley on THE MINISTRY OF TIME

The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley is escapist and relatable, poignant and funny. This genre-bending novel is firing on all storytelling cylinders, and is a terrific pleasure to read. Kaliane joined us to talk about falling down reading rabbit holes, writing about time travel, categorizing...

Love and Death: Family Elegies by Wordsworth, Lowell, Riley and Carson

Seamus and Mark look at four elegies written for family members, ranging from the romantic period to the 2010s, each of which avoids, deliberately or not, what Freud described as the work of mourning. William Wordsworth’s ‘Elegiac Stanzas Suggested by a View of Peele Castle’ (1807) is an oblique ...

Family Elegies by Wordsworth, Lowell, Riley and Carson

Seamus and Mark look at four elegies written for family members, ranging from the romantic period to the 2010s, each of which avoids, deliberately or not, what Freud described as the work of mourning. William Wordsworth’s ‘Elegiac Stanzas Suggested by a View of Peele Castle’ (1807) is an oblique ...

Richard Scott, author of "Soho" and "That Broke into Shining Crystals"

We don’t have enough poetry on this show, and it’s time to change that. My guest today is Richard Scott, a contemporary British poet known for his bold, lyrical explorations of queer identity, desire, shame, and the politics of the body. He trained as an opera singer before turning to poetry, and...

Missouri Wines and Candy Make Halloween a Treat for Adults Too

Halloween isn’t just for the kids; it’s for grown-ups too. While the little ones fill their buckets with candy, why not let the adults enjoy a treat of their own? We’re talking about pairing wine with Halloween candy, a fun way to turn the annual sugar rush into something a little more sophistic...

97: Billy Ramsell channels Alberto Cenas

Send us Fan Mail Most poets write under their given names – Seamus Heaney, Derek Mahon, Denise Riley, Elizabeth Bishop. Some on the other hand use pseudonyms; there is no such person as Biddy Jenkinson, except in her poems; Pablo Neruda was born Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto in order not...

Ep. 41. Wayne Holloway-Smith, RABBITBOX (Repetition, Shadows)

In today's episode I talk to Wayne Holloway-Smith's new book RABBITBOX.  Wayne Holloway-Smith is the author of three books, Alarum and Love Minus Love, both published by Bloodaxe Books, and RABBITBOX, recently published by Scribner UK. He’s been shortlisted for the TS Eliot prize, won the Nationa...

Choosing Automatic Writing over Morning Pages

Fewer and fewer artists of all sorts are trying to create in a trance. Visual artists and musicians, as well as writers. Today I'm exploring the difference between automatic writing and morning pages - with some help from the poets Anthony Joseph and Denise Riley. What use can useless writing be?...