WN Herbert
WN Herbert explores the work of Edwin Morgan, still active at the age of 88 and after serious illness, and regarded as Scotland's national 'makar'.
Series in which contemporary poets discuss writers whose work has influenced their own.
WN Herbert explores the work of Edwin Morgan, still active at the age of 88 even after serious illness, and regarded as Scotland's national 'makar'. According to Herbert, Morgan is the poet who articulates most fully how variable Scottish poetry can be, and how distinct from English and Irish writing it is. With both Herbert and Morgan reading examples of their own work.
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- Wed 3 Dec 200823:00BBC Radio 3
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