POETICA
PRESENTED BY SARAH KANOWSKI AND DANIEL BROWNING,
SATURDAY AT 3.05 PM, REPEATED 9.05 PM WEDNESDAY.
Program details:
August
4th How to Inhabit a Poem – Jennifer Harrison, Michael Sharkey and Philip Salom discuss how poetry works, recorded live at Australian Poetry’s National Symposium in Newcastle.
11th Adrienne Rich – selected works by the late American poet, essayist and feminist.
18th Botanica – poems which explore the world of plants and flowers.
25th Unseen Hand – selected poems by the celebrated Polish poet, Adam Zagajewski.
September
1st National Poetry Week 2012 – a round-the-nation sampling of recent Australian poetry.
8th Dorothy Porter – a retrospective on her life and work.
15th The Wanderer – Christopher Brennan’s classic poem, performed by Robert Menzies.
22nd Natural Science – new and selected works by Anthony Lawrence.
29th Silent Spring – the poetry that influenced Rachel Carson in writing this important book which helped launched the environmental movement 50 years ago.
October
6th Dennis O’Driscoll – Irish poet Dennis O’Driscoll recorded at Adelaide Writers’ Week.
13th A Desert in Bloom – a feature on the life and poetry of Gabriela Mistral.
20th I-Con – the poetry of Tim Thorne.
27th Gig Ryan – new and selected poems drawn from 20 years of her writing.
For further details please contact the producers of Poetica
Mike Ladd (08) 8343 4928 Krystyna Kubiak (08) 8343 4271
Or visit our website at http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/poetica/
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