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The Verb on Lateness...

Ian McMillan presents Radio 3's cabaret of the word, examining lateness. Ian's guests are Andy Miller, Ira Lightman and Karen Leeder.

On tonight's Verb, the early Ian McMillan ( a man who is never knowingly late ) welcomes lovers of literary lateness into the Verb studio. He explores the power of the deadline for writers, the idea of lateness as a gambling addiction, the impact of a line delivered late on stage, the attraction German poets have felt towards the idea of lateness, and the pleasures and work of 'late' song - otherwise known as the lullaby.

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Fri 20 Jan 201722:00
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Ira Lightman

Ira Lightman
Poet Ira Lightman is a regular guest on The Verb, and he is never late for our recordings, although he is sometimes nicknamed ‘Ira Lateman’ by others. In a new commission for The Verb, Ira delves deep into the pleasures and perils of lateness and discovers that he’d rather transform ‘late’ into a Verb, and ‘do lateness’ than ‘be late’. Ira’s new collection is ‘Goose’ (Diehard Editions)

Karen Leeder

Karen Leeder
Karen is fascinated by the attraction of ‘lateness’ to German poets, and discusses the idea of ‘epochal lateness’, poetry as a ‘late’ form, and the power of poetry written in late in life. Karen is the author of ‘Figuring Lateness in Modern German Culture ’ and a Professor of Modern German Literature at New College, Oxford University.

Phill Jupitus

Phill Jupitus
Comic, cartoonist, actor, and professional badge wearer Phill Jupitus explains why he centred a whole act around the idea of ‘The Late Phill Jupitus’ and explains how the late delivery of line can be just thing , when you’re playing Baron Bomburst in ‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’.

Holly Pester

Holly Pester

Performer and poet Holly Pester brings her playfulness with sound and language to The Verb, this time celebrating the latest of late music – the lullaby. She celebrates ‘the late body’ that sings the lullaby, and the ‘gift’ of sleep. Her album of lullaby collaborations is called Common Rest and is published by Test Centre. It was developed as part of a Wellcome Trust project.

Andy Miller

Andy Miller

Our ‘dangerous’ reader, writer and editor Andy Miller tries to convince Ian McMillan that to be late is to be literary. What would ‘Alice in Wonderland’ be without the White Rabbit? And can you ever read a book too late? Andy is the author of ‘The Year of Reading Dangerously’ ( Fourth Estate)

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    BBC Radio 3

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