Arts Funding, Imposter Syndrome, and Dead Women Poets with Helen Bowell

Listen to me chaotically and queerly chat with the wonderful Helen!

 

Helen Bowell is a poet, editor and producer. Her debut pamphlet The Barman (Bad Betty Press, 2022) was a Poetry Book Society Choice. She co-directs Dead [Women] Poets Society (which resurrects women poets of the past at events), runs Bi+ Lines (a project for bi+ poets), and produces events for the Poetry Translation Centre.

 

Twitter: @helen_bowell, @bi_poets, @deadwomentweet

Instagram: @helen.bowell, @bi_poets, @dead_women_poets_soc

Website: helenbowell.co.uk and deadwomenpoets.com

 

Transcript:

Poetry and LGBTQ+ issues. (0:58)

Arts funding challenges and successes. (6:12)

Funding for artists and writers. (10:46)

Queer literature and identity fluidity. (14:34)

Imposter syndrome, shame, and identity. (20:37)

Women poets from the past and their influence on contemporary poetry. (27:21)