麻豆社

Poet Daljit Nagra revisits the 麻豆社's poetry archive and selects Letters to a Young Woman Poet featuring Gillian Clarke, Penelope Shuttle and Grace Nichols who share insights into their creativity.

**And Daljit reads from his Poetry Extra Book of the Month: Night Boat & other poems by Maria Barnas.

'Ask yourself, in the still of your night, must I write?'

In 鈥楲etters to a Young Woman Poet鈥� - three of our most celebrated poets explore the deep pleasure of writing, the poetry of menstruation, sensuality and motherhood, and offer advice to younger writers.

The programme includes the creative insights of the Bohemian poet Rainer Maria Rilke 鈥� who began the iconic correspondence known as 鈥楲etters to a Young Poet鈥� more than 120 years ago.

Quotations from 'Letters to a Young Poet' trans. M.D.Herter Norton

Poems read in full:
鈥楥onfirmation鈥� - Grace Nichols
鈥楢shes, Blood 鈥�- Penelope Shuttle
鈥楽heila Na Gig at Kilpeck鈥� 鈥� Gillian Clarke
鈥業nvitation鈥� 鈥� Grace Nichols
鈥楳other and Child鈥� - Penelope Shuttle
鈥楾imes Like These鈥� - Gillian Clarke
鈥楳oon Mothers鈥� - Grace Nichols

Produced by Faith Lawrence

First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in 2022.