010 - Poetry as Politics & London’s Lost Poets (w/Chris McCabe)

Welcome back to The Library Talks Podcast and the first episode of Series 3, which features a conversation between host Alfie and National Poetry Librarian Chris McCabe. Recorded in a dressing room at Royal Festival Hall and soundtracked by a piano rehearsal taking place in the next room, Chris and Alfie discuss poetry as a political act, when is it effective and what are its limitations? We also hear the fascinating stories of some of London's forgotten poets and discuss three books that have been significant in Chris' life.

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Chris was shortlisted for the Ted Hughes Award in 2013 and has released several poetry collections: The Hutton Inquiry (Salt, 2005), Zeppelins (Salt, 2008), THE RESTRUCTURE (2011), Speculatrix (Penned in the Margins, 2014) and The Triumph of Cancer (Penned in the Margins, 2018). He has also released 2 novels and his non-fiction work concerns an ongoing hunt for a great forgotten poets buried in London’s cemeteries.

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