Episode 300: Nothing But the Poem - Jay Whittaker

Scottish Poetry Library Podcast by Scottish Poetry Library

Jun 23, 202211:47Arts

Scottish Poetry Library's Sam Tongue runs a monthly online meet-up, where Friends of the Poetry Library get together to read and discuss a fresh poet and their poems. In this podcast, Sam introduces us to the general sty...

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