On today’s episode of The Poems We Made Along the Way Gregory Kearns speaks to Sasha Dugdale about ventriloquism, stealing a school poetry textbook, and the role of serendipity in writing.
Sasha Dugdale is a poet and translator. Her collections include Joy, Deformations and, most recently, The Strongbox, all published by Carcanet. She has translated Russian-language literature including Maria Stephanova’s In Memory of Memory, and formally was editor of Modern Poetry in Translation.
Books and other things
The Strongbox: https://www.carcanet.co.uk/9781800174085/the-strongbox/
Deformations: https://www.carcanet.co.uk/9781784108984/deformations/
Joy: https://www.carcanet.co.uk/9781784105037/joy/
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We’d also recommend enquiring with your local bookshops or libraries as well.
Things to read/watch/listen/etc in relationship to this interview:
PoetryEast | Sasha Dugdale in conversation with Maitreyabandhu: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dcn9YjRduj4
In Conversation with Sasha Dugdale: https://forwardartsfoundation.org/in-conversation-with-sasha-dugdale/
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