Ep. 126: Katie Ailes

In his first full interview as host of the series, Peter deGraft-Johnson (The Repeat Beat Poet) speaks to poet, producer, and academic Katie Ailes. They speak about Katie's recent PhD study on performance and authenticity in UK Spoken Word poetry, the critical discourse around poetry, and firmly refute the idea that the talented craftspeople emerging from the spoken word scene are 'Noble Amateurs'. Katie reads three poems - Outwith - 07:37 Soft Animal - 27:18 Spangled - 1:03:33 Download a full transcript here: (COMING SOON) For more from Katie: @KatieAiles - Twitter I Am Loud Productions (@IamLoudPro) For more from PJ: linktr.ee/repeatbeatpoet @RepeatBeatPoet - Twitter, Instagram. For more from us: lunarpoetrypodcasts.com Order 'Why Poetry?': The Lunar Poetry Podcasts Anthology here: vervepoetrypress.com/product/why-poetry/ Episode music is an original composition by Snazzy Rat. You can find more from Snazzy here: snazzyrat.bandcamp.com Referenced in the episode - Stage Invasion - Peter Bearder Spoken Word in the UK - ed. Lucy English + Jack McGowan

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This episode is 01:13:59 long.

This episode was published on Jan 20, 2021.

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