Summary
The theme of this year's National Poetry Day is choice. Shahidha Bari is joined by Marvin Thompson, winner of this year's Poetry Society National Poetry Competition, and poet and New Generation Thinker Jake Morris-Campbell to discuss the choices poets make in their work, and the choices audiences make in their reception of poetry too. But is choice an illusion? What does it mean to choose anyway? Philosopher Clare Carlisle discusses the analysis of choice offered by the 17th century Dutch philosopher Baruch Spinoza, and the economist Carol Propper discusses the concept of choice in economics.
Marvin Thompson's prize winning poem is The Fruit of the Spirit Is Love (Galatians 5:22) https://poetrysociety.org.uk/poems/the-fruit-of-the-spirit-is-love-galatians-522 His poem for National Poetry Day is May 8th, 2020 https://nationalpoetryday.co.uk/poem/may-8th-2020/
Clare Carlisle's book Spinoza's Religion is published by Princeton University Press on the 12th October
Jake Morris-Campbell will be at the Durham Book Festival on the 17th October reading from his forthcoming collection Corrigenda for Costafine Town, tickets are available here https://durhambookfestival.com/programme/event/north-east-poetry-showcase-john-challis-jo-clement-and-jake-morris-campbell/
Producer: Luke Mulhall
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| 0:44.9 | Robert Frost thought it made all the difference, but we'll be asking poets Marvin Thompson |
| 0:48.9 | and Jake Morris Campbell about the paths they choose in their work in this episode of |
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| 0:55.4 | in which we're marking National Poetry Day and Thinking about Choice. We'll have philosopher |
| 1:00.4 | Claire Carlisle on free will and economist Carol Proper on free markets. Do join me, Shahidabari, |
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