In this episode, Claire chats to photojournalist and poet Anastasia Taylor-Lind about her remarkable debut collection “One Language”, which was the winner of The International Book and Pamphlet Competition in 2022.
This graphic recount so much more powerful than just reading numbers of casualties and deaths at bringing home the cruel, crude , gory brutality of senseless war .
Thank you for your words .
As you said Claire, thoroughly absorbing .The stories pull you in .
Poetry as record keeping, poetry as reportage. Anastasia's writing is so vivid, immediate, thought-provoking and poignant. Everything you could want from good poetry, and as Claire said, an important part of history to capture and document and keep in the public eye. Anastasia is a powerful story-teller. Excellent share!
This graphic recount so much more powerful than just reading numbers of casualties and deaths at bringing home the cruel, crude , gory brutality of senseless war .
Thank you for your words .
As you said Claire, thoroughly absorbing .The stories pull you in .
Poetry as record keeping, poetry as reportage. Anastasia's writing is so vivid, immediate, thought-provoking and poignant. Everything you could want from good poetry, and as Claire said, an important part of history to capture and document and keep in the public eye. Anastasia is a powerful story-teller. Excellent share!