Modern-ish Poets: Series 2

On the centenary of the publication of Eliot’s ‘The Waste Land’ in book form, Mark and Seamus finish the second series of Modern-ish Poets by considering how revolutionary the poem was, the numerous meanings that have been drawn out of it, and its lasting influence. To listen series one of Modern-ish Poets, and all our other Close Readings series in full, covering literature from Ancient Greece to the present day, sign up here: Directly in Apple Podcasts: ⁠https://lrb.me/mp2apple⁠ In other podcast apps: ⁠https://lrb.me/mp2sc Further reading on Eliot in the LRB: Frank Kermode: https://lrb.me/kermodeeliotpod Dan Jacobson: https://lrb.me/jacobsoneliotpod Barbara Everett: https://lrb.me/everetteliotpod Mark Ford: https://lrb.me/fordeliotpod Terry Eagleton: https://lrb.me/eagletoneliotpod Series one of Modern-ish Poets looks at Philip Larkin, W. H. Auden, Elizabeth Bishop, Thomas Hardy, Stevie Smith, A. E. Housman, Wallace Stevens, Sylvia Plath, Seamus Heaney and Robert Lowell. This episode was first published on the LRB Podcast in December 2022.

Seamus Perry and Mark Ford discuss the lives and works of Frank O’Hara and John Ashbery, close friends and leading lights of the New York School, who sought to create an anti-academic, hedonistic poetry, freeing themselves from the puritan American tradition. To listen series one of Modern-ish Poets, and all our other Close Readings series in full, covering literature from Ancient Greece to the present day, sign up here: Directly in Apple Podcasts: ⁠https://lrb.me/mp2apple⁠ In other podcast apps: ⁠https://lrb.me/mp2sc Series one of Modern-ish Poets looks at Philip Larkin, W. H. Auden, Elizabeth Bishop, Thomas Hardy, Stevie Smith, A. E. Housman, Wallace Stevens, Sylvia Plath, Seamus Heaney and Robert Lowell. Further reading on O'Hara and Ashbery in the LRB: C.K. Stead: https://lrb.me/steadashberypod John Bayley: https://lrb.me/bayleyashberypod Stephanie Burt: https://lrb.me/burtashberypod John Kerrigan: https://lrb.me/kerriganashberypod This episode was first published on the LRB Podcast in June 2022.

Seamus Perry and Mark Ford look at the life and work of Charlotte Mew, who brought the Victorian art of dramatic monologue into the 20th century, and whose difficult experiences are often refracted through her damaged and marginalised characters. To listen series one of Modern-ish Poets, and all our other Close Readings series in full, covering literature from Ancient Greece to the present day, sign up here: Directly in Apple Podcasts: ⁠https://lrb.me/mp2apple⁠ In other podcast apps: ⁠https://lrb.me/mp2sc Further reading on Mew in the LRB: Matthew Bevis: https://lrb.me/bevismewpod Penelope Fitzgerald: https://lrb.me/fitzgeraldmewpod Susannah Clapp: https://lrb.me/clappmewpod Series one of Modern-ish Poets looks at Philip Larkin, W. H. Auden, Elizabeth Bishop, Thomas Hardy, Stevie Smith, A. E. Housman, Wallace Stevens, Sylvia Plath, Seamus Heaney and Robert Lowell. This episode was first published on the LRB Podcast in March 2021.

Seamus Perry and Mark Ford continue their series with a look at the life and work of W.B. Yeats, from his early quest for a mythological Irish culture, to his shift towards the Modernist experiment, and preoccupation with the ‘murderousness of the world’. To listen series one of Modern-ish Poets, and all our other Close Readings series in full, covering literature from Ancient Greece to the present day, sign up here: Directly in Apple Podcasts: ⁠https://lrb.me/mp2apple⁠ In other podcast apps: ⁠https://lrb.me/mp2sc Series one of Modern-ish Poets looks at Philip Larkin, W. H. Auden, Elizabeth Bishop, Thomas Hardy, Stevie Smith, A. E. Housman, Wallace Stevens, Sylvia Plath, Seamus Heaney and Robert Lowell. Read more in the LRB: Seamus Deane: https://lrb.me/deaneyeatspod Michael Wood: https://lrb.me/woodyeatspod Colm Tóibín: https://lrb.me/toibinyeatspod This episode was first published on the LRB Podcast in December 2021.

Seamus Perry, Mark Ford and Joanne O’Leary discuss the life and work of Emily Dickinson—her dashes, death instinct and obliquity. To listen series one of Modern-ish Poets, and all our other Close Readings series in full, covering literature from Ancient Greece to the present day, sign up here: Directly in Apple Podcasts: ⁠https://lrb.me/mp2apple⁠ In other podcast apps: ⁠https://lrb.me/mp2sc Series one of Modern-ish Poets looks at Philip Larkin, W. H. Auden, Elizabeth Bishop, Thomas Hardy, Stevie Smith, A. E. Housman, Wallace Stevens, Sylvia Plath, Seamus Heaney and Robert Lowell. This episode was first published on the LRB Podcast in June 2021. Further reading on Dickinson in the LRB: Joanne O'Leary: https://lrb.me/olearydickinsonpod Mark Ford: https://lrb.me/forddickinsonpod Danny Karlin: https://lrb.me/karlindickinsonpod Tom Paulin: https://lrb.me/paulindickinsonpod Susan Eilenberg: https://lrb.me/eilenbergdickinsonpod