The TLS Podcast

This Be The Verse

The TLS Podcast

Show Notes

This week, Tristram Fane Saunders surveys the poetic landscape; and Toby Lichtig on a rediscovered slice of life in 1930s Berlin.

'A History of England in 25 Poems', by Catherine Clarke 'Rhyme and Reason: A short history of poetry and people (for people who don't usually read poetry)', by Mark Forsyth 'Endless Present: Selected articles, reviews and dispatches, 2010-23', by Rory Waterman 'The Privatisation of Poetry', by Andy Croft 'Beautiful Feelings of Sensitive People: Screen grabs of British poetry in the 21st century', by Andrew Duncan 'Berlin Shuffle', by Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz, translated by Philip Boehm

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