Denise O'Hagan's guest appearances

Denise O'Hagan

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Margaret Wertheim

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Sir Ken Robinson

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Aaron Paul

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Emily Maguire

Eric Maisel

Steve Armstrong

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Denise O'Hagan reads from and talks about her new poetry book The Beating Heart.  We cover such things as how the book came about, the relationship between memoir, poetry, and meaning making, on the use of sensual stimulus and poetry is everywhere, on time, and the way our pasts are ever present, on the 'heart' of and in the book, on editing for The Blue Nib, and lots more.  Connect with Denise O'Hagan at her website here: https://denise-ohagan.com and on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/DeniseOHagan3 Visit The Blue Nib: https://thebluenib.com

Denise O'Hagan reads from and talks about her new poetry book The Beating Heart.  We cover such things as how the book came about, the relationship between memoir, poetry, and meaning making, on the use of sensual stimulus and poetry is everywhere, on time, and the way our pasts are ever present, on the 'heart' of and in the book, on editing for The Blue Nib, and lots more.  Connect with Denise O'Hagan at her website here: <a href="https://denise-ohagan.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://denise-ohagan.com</a> and on Twitter here: <a href="https://twitter.com/DeniseOHagan3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/DeniseOHagan3</a> Visit The Blue Nib: <a href="https://thebluenib.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://thebluenib.com</a>

Denise O'Hagan on The Beating Heart

Denise was born in Rome and lives in Sydney. She has a background in commercial book publishing, manages Black Quill Press, and is Poetry Editor for Australia/New Zealand for The Blue Nib. Her poetry is widely published and awarded. Her poetry collection The Beating Heart will be published by Ginninderra Press in 2020.Before the partyIt must have just stopped rainingWhen we arrived. The road, licked for hoursBy the quiet slap of countless passing tyres,Gleamed blackly under the streetlampsLike wet liquorice. We sat for a momentWatching the mist descendCobwebbing the edges of trees and hedges,The silver turning of a leaf in the damp air,And the tenting of the telegraph wiresCarrying beads of water like fairy lightsBacklit by the moon.Feeling privileged to witnessThis heady scene, we realised(as car doors slammed and gravel crunched)That our reason for having driven hereWas, for a moment, quite forgotten.Published in Literary Yard, 22 August 2018 https://literaryyard.com/2018/08/22/pine-nuts-at-lunchtime-and-other-poems-by-denise-ohagan/Support the show (https://thebluenib.com/donation/)

Denise was born in Rome and lives in Sydney. She has a background in commercial book publishing, manages Black Quill Press, and is Poetry Editor for Australia/New Zealand for The Blue Nib. Her poetry is widely published and awarded. Her poetry collection The Beating Heart will be published by Ginninderra Press in 2020. Before the party It must have just stopped rainingWhen we arrived. The road, licked for hoursBy the quiet slap of countless passing tyres,Gleamed blackly under the streetlampsLike wet liquorice. We sat for a momentWatching the mist descendCobwebbing the edges of trees and hedges,The silver turning of a leaf in the damp air,And the tenting of the telegraph wiresCarrying beads of water like fairy lightsBacklit by the moon. Feeling privileged to witnessThis heady scene, we realised(as car doors slammed and gravel crunched)That our reason for having driven hereWas, for a moment, quite forgotten. Published in Literary Yard, 22 August 2018 <a href="https://literaryyard.com/2018/08/22/pine-nuts-at-lunchtime-and-other-poems-by-denise-ohagan/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://literaryyard.com/2018/08/22/pine-nuts-at-lunchtime-and-other-poems-by-denise-ohagan/</a><a href="https://thebluenib.com/donation/" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a> (<a href="https://thebluenib.com/donation/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://thebluenib.com/donation/</a>)

Denise O'Hagan reads 'Before The Party' from her upcoming collection, 'The Beating Heart'