On today’s episode of The Poems We Made Along the Way Gregory Kearns speaks to Ellora Sutton about the importance of physical space when building communities, how good poetry requires precarity, and the connection between grief and surrealism.
Ellora Sutton is a poet and critic. She is the poetry reviewer for Mslexia and her debut collection Little Bitch is published by VERVE Poetry Press. Her two previous pamphlets Antonyms for Burial and Artisanal Slush were also published by VERVE.
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Books and other things
Little Bitch: https://www.vervepoetrybookshop.com/product-page/little-bitch-by-ellora-sutton
antonyms for burial: https://www.vervepoetrybookshop.com/product-page/antonyms-for-burial-ellora-sutton
Artisanal Slush: https://www.vervepoetrybookshop.com/product-page/artisanal-slush-ellora-sutton
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Things to read/watch/listen/etc in relationship to this interview:
Poet Interview: Ellora Sutton: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrwTeE7qDdo
A conversation between Ellora Sutton and Imogen Wade: https://poetrylondon.co.uk/on-girlhood-from-hello-kitty-to-the-virgin-mary/
Phoebe Stuckes interview Ellora mentions in the episode: https://poetrysociety.org.uk/competitions/the-geoffrey-dearmer-prize/2019-2/phoebe-stuckes-interview-im-deadly-serious-when-it-comes-to-writing/
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