Ep. 132 - Salena Godden

This week Repeat Beat Poet is in conversation with poet, author, broadcaster, activist, and longstanding rabble-rousing doyenne of UK poetry, Salena Goddena. The pair reflect on Salena's career in poetry and literature, the inspirations behind her debut novel Mrs Death Misses Death, and have a good chat about the complications and joys of writing to and through an embodiment of Death; like how facing loss and grief can teach us how to live, love, survive, and fight for a better world. There's also chat about being a flaneuse, and writing while walking around mystical East London. We hear two readings from Salena - Pessimism Is For Lightweights - -0:35:19 (ISH) [excerpt from Mrs. Death Misses Death. The First Mourning of the First Morning - 0:11:25] Download a full transcript here: (COMING SOON) For more from Salena: For more from RBP: linktr.ee/repeatbeatpoet / For more from us: lunarpoetrypodcasts.com Buy the '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 Our production team is Mystery Planet Productions. / Also mentioned on the podcast - BBC Extra's Podcast Radio Hour (Poetry Podcast Special, 1/10/21)

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This episode is 01:09:36 long.

This episode was published on Oct 28, 2021.

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