The language of international management
Friday 1 June 2007 21:45-22:30 (Radio 3)
Ian McMillan hosts the weekly language magazine. He explores the language of international management with Kenyan management consultant turned short story writer Ken Kamoche.
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Michael Symmons Roberts is one of our leading writers. His work is remarkably diverse ranging from radio documentaries to libretti and most recently a novel, his last collection of poetry, Corpus, won him the Whitbread prize.
All this though may well seem like no more than the necessary preparation for his latest project - a War Oratorio for Channel Four.
It's a film which uses documentary footage and drama as well as Michael's words to explore the pain and loss of war in Uganda, Kashmir and Afghanistan.
In the Verb this week Michael Symmons Roberts talks to Ian McMillan about the composition of the oratorio and with his fellow poet, Jackie Kay, discusses the pleasure and the perils for a writer of putting language and music together.
There'll also be a wry look at the current trend for books about books written by that arch stylist and connoisseur of intertextuality, Geoff Dyer, as well as contributions from the rising star of performance poetry, Jamal Msebele and the Kenyan author, Ken Kamoche whose debut story collection A Fragile Hope has just been published.
PRODUCTION DETAILS
War Oratorio is on More4 on Monday 4th June.
Wish I Was Here, a collection of short stories by Jackie Kay is published by Picador. A theatrical version of two of these stories is currently on national tour www.katetull.com/WishIWasHere.
A Fragile Hope by Ken Kamoche is published by Salt Press.
Kaleidoscope by Jamal Msebele is published by Ill-literation. His poetry is also featured on his website http://www.jamalmsebele.co.uk/Welcome.html.
