On Form
Ian McMillan the idea of literary form with writers Claudia Rankine, Don Paterson and AL Kennedy.
Ian McMillan looks at form with guests Claudia Rankine, Don Paterson and AL Kennedy.
Claudia Rankine's book 'Citizen: An American Lyric' (Penguin) won the 2015 Forward Prize for poetry. Her prose poetry style has raised questions about what poetry is. For Claudia, poetry is any writing concerned with the structure of feelings rather than events. The writer AL Kennedy publishes her new novel 'Serious Sweet' (Jonathan Cape) in May. For AL Kennedy being a writer means 'saying something you have to say in the best possible way'. The poet Don Paterson believes that form is always up for revision. Don Paterson won the Costa Prize for Poetry with his collection '40 Sonnets' (Faber).
Producer: Cecile Wright.
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