Joni Wallace's guest appearances

Joni Wallace

Scottish Poetry Library Podcast

Kevin Young

Emily Dickinson

Jenny Lewis

Blake Morrison

Sarah Stewart

Eileen Myles

David Briggs

Mary Jean Chan

Sarah Howe

Thomas Lux

Robert Wrigley

Chris King

Kwame Dawes

Marie Howe

Don Paterson

OwlTail

Joni Wallace grew up in Los Alamos, the birthplace of the atom bomb. Her latest collection Kingdom Come Radio Hour (Barrow Street Press), which is inspired by her childhood, focuses on the extraordinary life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the nuclear bomb. Wallace discusses her personal connection to Oppenheimer, ‘documentary poetics’, Hank Williams, and why deer appear so often in her work.

<p>Joni Wallace grew up in Los Alamos, the birthplace of the atom bomb. Her latest collection <em>Kingdom Come Radio Hour </em>(Barrow Street Press), which is inspired by her childhood, focuses on the extraordinary life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the nuclear bomb. Wallace discusses her personal connection to Oppenheimer, ‘documentary poetics’, Hank Williams, and why deer appear so often in her work.</p>

Joni Wallace grew up in Los Alamos, the birthplace of the atom bomb. Her latest collection Kingdom Come Radio Hour (Barrow Street Press), which is inspired by her childhood, focuses on the extraordinary life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the nuclear bomb. Wallace discusses her personal connection to Oppenheimer, 'documentary poetics', Hank Williams, and why deer appear so often in her work.