Episode 29: Erica Hesketh - Participating in forms

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The Poems We Made Along The Way

Gregory Kearns

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The Poems We Made Along The Way is a show where Gregory Kearns interviews a different poet each episode. These conversations explore community, friendship and poetry. How poems can be friends to us? How we need community to make us better poets? And what we can do to best build those communities?

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Episode 29: Erica Hesketh - Participating in forms

The Poems We Made Along The Way

1 hour 13 minutes 47 seconds

1 week ago

Episode 29: Erica Hesketh - Participating in forms

On today’s episode of The Poems We Made Along the Way Gregory Kearns speaks to Erica Hesketh about poetic form, the creativity of translation and exploring heritage.

Erica Hesketh is a poet and editor, originally from Japan and Denmark, now based in London. Her poetry has been commissioned by the Royal Festival Hall, Spread the Word and the London Philharmonic Orchestra. From 2016 to 2024 she was Director of the Poetry Translation Centre. Her debut collection, In the Lily Room, is published by Nine Arches Press and explores early motherhood.

Erica Hesketh’s Website: https://ericahesketh.co.uk

In the Lily Room: https://ninearchespress.com/publications/poetry-collections/in-the-lily-room

Living in Language, essay anthology: https://www.poetrybooks.co.uk/products/living-in-language-pre-order?srsltid=AfmBOop5G-U5NLC42s6RGCKVFraMKl5kJO7gMG5WhRdRGhfx3bmXuGCq

You can find Erica on Instagram: @hesketherica

Credit for Erica’s photo: Christy Ku

Links relating to Gaza:

The Sameer Project Medical Campaign: https://chuffed.org/project/136892-medical-campaign-x-sameer-project

Readers and Writers against the Genocide: https://rwag.teemill.com/

Medical Aid For Palestinians: https://www.map.org.uk/

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