Poetry Unbound in Conversation — Rachel Mann and Yomi Ṣode

“Poetry should be horrifying,” says Rachel Mann. “It should be … on the edge of the edge of what could be said.” We are delighted to bring you this vibrant conversation featuring Rachel and Yomi Ṣode speaking with Pádraig Ó Tuama at the 2024 StAnza Poetry Festival in Scotland. Rachel and Yomi each read poems, and then go on to discuss grace, who receives it, and who deserves it; the place of grief and remembrance in their work; and how writing about historical figures is a way to disrupt and re-vision both the past and the present.

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Rachel Mann is a priest, writer, and broadcaster. Her second poetry collection, Eleanor Among the Saints (bookshop.org/a/10066/9781800173811), was published by Carcanet in January of 2024.

Yomi Ṣode is an award-winning Nigerian-British writer. His debut poetry collection, Manorism (uk.bookshop.org/p/books/manorism-yomi-sode/635…), was published by Penguin in October of 2022.

Find the transcript (onbeing.org/programs/poetry-unbound-in-convers…)for this show at onbeing.org.

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