07/03/2008
Ian McMillan talks to poet Kei Miller, whose first novel tells the story of a Jamaican village over 50 years. Plus a look at aphorisms and a new story from novelist Will Ashon.
Ian McMillan talks to poet Kei Miller, whose first novel The Same Earth tells the story of a Jamaican village of Watersgate and the characters who live there, over a period of 50 years.
Ian also investigates the history and purpose of aphorisms, and there's a new story from novelist Will Ashon, about a man who lives in a hole.
Plus folk singer Julie Fowlis, who sings in Gaelic, performing in the studio.
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