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Leo Boix

London Review Bookshop Podcast

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Stephen Lightbown

Amaan Hyder

Rishi Dastidar

Jane Yeh

Tom Sastry

Jackie Hagan

Caroline Bird

Mary Jean Chan

Astra Papachristodoulou

Vanessa Onwuemezi

Roy McFarlane

Anna Kahn

Abi Palmer

Andra Simons

Raymond Antrobus

OwlTail

Imogen Arate

This week, Leo (https://twitter.com/leoboix) and I, Imogen Arate (https://poetsandmuses.com/imogen-arate/), discuss our respective poems, "Unholy Family" and "That Single Memory" and familial expectations.Leo's Poems: 1. "Unholy Family": https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/c/epic-journey-through-life-and-language2. "Table Variations": https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/149578/table-variations3. Magma Poetry Resistencia issue edited by Leo: https://magmapoetry.com/archive/magma-76/4. Un Nuevo Sol: British LatinX Writers Anthology https://www.amazon.com/Nuevo-Sol-British-LatinX-Writers/dp/1905233566Other ways to follow Leo:1. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1000120894383062. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/boixleo/3. Website: https://www.leonardoboix.co.uk/See Leo Read:1. In Person: 22 August – 16 October 2020 (London, UK)https://www.kew.org/press-media/travel-the-world-at-kew2. Virtually: October 12th at 3pm (ET) at the 23rd Annual Utah Humanities Book Festival “Intercambios: Queer Latinx Poetics Across Borders event”https://www.utahhumanities.org/index.php/Center-for-the-Book/book-festival.htmlCheck out this episode to also hear about virtual poetry events taking place during the week of August 24th.Photo of Leo Boix by Naomi Woddis (https://www.naomiwoddis.com/).Links to topics we touched on:1. Hieronymus Bosch: https://www.hieronymus-bosch.org/2. Nunca Más (Never Again): http://www.desaparecidos.org/nuncamas/web/english/library/nevagain/nevagain_000.htm3. El campaña del desierto (The Desert Campaign) Indigenous Genocide in Argentina: https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/gsp/vol5/iss2/3/ and https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2014001435.html4. 2019 Keats-Shelley Prize: https://www.keats-shelley.org/prizes/keats_shelley_prize_20195. https://www.amazon.com/Nuevo-Sol-British-LatinX-Writers/dp/1905233566#Poetrypodcasts #PoetsandMuses #ImogenArate #LeoBoix #UnholyFamily #ThatSingleMemory #ArgentinianPoet #BorninBuenosAires #LivingintheUK #journalist #translator #educator #PenguinRandomHouse #BoardMemberat #ThePoetryTranslationCentre #SilvinaGiaganti #MagmaPoetry #SpanishandLatinAmericanPoetsandWritersLondon #TheCompleteWorks #BloodaxeBooks #MichaelSchmidt #CarcanetPress #PNReview #bilingualpoet #writingstylesindifferentlanguages #ekphrasticexercise #HieronymusBoschNetherlandishpainter #TheGardenofEarthlyDelights #DeathandtheMiser #TheShipofFools #TheConjuror #motherwarreligious #surrealimagery #fantastical #ShakespeareanSonnet #MuseoNacionaldelPrado #triptych #politicalandsocialviolence #Elsecretodesusojos #TheSecretinTheirEyes #turmoil #dictatorship #NuncaMas #genocideofIndigenousPeoples #Elcampañadeldesierto #TheDesertCampaign #2019KeatsShelleyPrize #FirstLatinxAwardWinner #MichaelRosen #culturalexodus #linguisticexodus #TheTwilightZone #UnNuevoSolBritishLatinXWriters #LGBTQRights #poetryfoundation #KewGardens

This week, Leo (<a href="https://twitter.com/leoboix" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/leoboix</a>) and I, Imogen Arate (<a href="https://poetsandmuses.com/imogen-arate/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://poetsandmuses.com/imogen-arate/</a>), discuss our respective poems, "Unholy Family" and "That Single Memory" and familial expectations. Leo's Poems: 1. "Unholy Family": <a href="https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/c/epic-journey-through-life-and-language" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/c/epic-journey-through-life-and-language</a> 2. "Table Variations": <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/149578/table-variations" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/149578/table-variations</a> 3. Magma Poetry Resistencia issue edited by Leo: <a href="https://magmapoetry.com/archive/magma-76/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://magmapoetry.com/archive/magma-76/</a> 4. Un Nuevo Sol: British LatinX Writers Anthology <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Nuevo-Sol-British-LatinX-Writers/dp/1905233566" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Nuevo-Sol-British-LatinX-Writers/dp/1905233566</a> Other ways to follow Leo: 1. Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100012089438306" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100012089438306</a> 2. Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/boixleo/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/boixleo/</a> 3. Website: <a href="https://www.leonardoboix.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.leonardoboix.co.uk/</a> See Leo Read: 1. In Person: 22 August – 16 October 2020 (London, UK) <a href="https://www.kew.org/press-media/travel-the-world-at-kew" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.kew.org/press-media/travel-the-world-at-kew</a> 2. Virtually: October 12th at 3pm (ET) at the 23rd Annual Utah Humanities Book Festival “Intercambios: Queer Latinx Poetics Across Borders event” <a href="https://www.utahhumanities.org/index.php/Center-for-the-Book/book-festival.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.utahhumanities.org/index.php/Center-for-the-Book/book-festival.html</a> Check out this episode to also hear about virtual poetry events taking place during the week of August 24th. Photo of Leo Boix by Naomi Woddis (<a href="https://www.naomiwoddis.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.naomiwoddis.com/</a>). Links to topics we touched on: 1. Hieronymus Bosch: <a href="https://www.hieronymus-bosch.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.hieronymus-bosch.org/</a> 2. Nunca Más (Never Again): <a href="http://www.desaparecidos.org/nuncamas/web/english/library/nevagain/nevagain_000.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.desaparecidos.org/nuncamas/web/english/library/nevagain/nevagain_000.htm</a> 3. El campaña del desierto (The Desert Campaign) Indigenous Genocide in Argentina: <a href="https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/gsp/vol5/iss2/3/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/gsp/vol5/iss2/3/</a> and <a href="https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2014001435.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2014001435.html</a> 4. 2019 Keats-Shelley Prize: <a href="https://www.keats-shelley.org/prizes/keats_shelley_prize_2019" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.keats-shelley.org/prizes/keats_shelley_prize_2019</a> 5. <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Nuevo-Sol-British-LatinX-Writers/dp/1905233566" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Nuevo-Sol-British-LatinX-Writers/dp/1905233566</a> #Poetrypodcasts #PoetsandMuses #ImogenArate #LeoBoix #UnholyFamily #ThatSingleMemory #ArgentinianPoet #BorninBuenosAires #LivingintheUK #journalist #translator #educator #PenguinRandomHouse #BoardMemberat #ThePoetryTranslationCentre #SilvinaGiaganti #MagmaPoetry #SpanishandLatinAmericanPoetsandWritersLondon #TheCompleteWorks #BloodaxeBooks #MichaelSchmidt #CarcanetPress #PNReview #bilingualpoet #writingstylesindifferentlanguages #ekphrasticexercise #HieronymusBoschNetherlandishpainter #TheGardenofEarthlyDelights #DeathandtheMiser #TheShipofFools #TheConjuror #motherwarreligious #surrealimagery #fantastical #ShakespeareanSonnet #MuseoNacionaldelPrado #triptych #politicalandsocialviolence #Elsecretodesusojos #TheSecretinTheirEyes #turmoil #dictatorship #NuncaMas #genocideofIndigenousPeoples #Elcampañadeldesierto #TheDesertCampaign #2019KeatsShelleyPrize #FirstLatinxAwardWinner #MichaelRosen #culturalexodus #linguisticexodus #TheTwilightZone #UnNuevoSolBritishLatinXWriters #LGBTQRights #poetryfoundation #KewGardens

Imogen Arate with Leo Boix

This episode is in two parts -Part one: David Turner is in London talking to bilingual poet, Leo Boix. The pair chat about translating poetry from one language to another, the different processes at play when Leo writes in either English or Spanish, why Leo doesn’t translate his own writing and the positive influences various writing collectives have had on his own writing and Invisible Presence - a developmental platform for British Latino writers. Leo reads three poems:(00:02:24) - The Somnambulist(00:27:04) - Rìo Nuevo(00:52:45) - PeregrinationSome links relating to this episode:Leo on Twitter - https://twitter.com/leoboixInvisible Presence - https://leonardoboix.wixsite.com/invisiblepresenceThe Complete Works - https://thecompleteworkspoetry.com/Ten: Poets of the new generation - http://www.bloodaxebooks.com/ecs/product/ten-poets-of-the-new-generation-1164Episode 86 of LPP - https://soundcloud.com/lunar-poetry-podcasts/carlos-maurizio-rojas-nadia-drews-agnes-torokPart two (00:53:40): Poet Chrissy Williams talks to Amaan Hyder about his debut collection At Hajj (Penned in the Margins). This interview is an extension of an ongoing project in which Chrissy has been inviting a number of poets to reflect on their debut collections, roughly a year after publication. Amaan reads two poem:(00:55:12) - Coats(01:12:21) - Mohammed's MobileLinks relating to this episode:Chrissy's blog -https://chrissywilliams.blogspot.co.uk/p/hullo.htmlChrissy on Twitter -https://twitter.com/chrissywilliamsAmaan' collection, At Hajj - http://www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk/index.php/2017/04/at-hajj/Download a full transcript of this episode here: https://lunarpoetrypodcasts.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/ep113-leo-boix.pdfEpisode music is an original composition by Snazzy Rat. You can find more from Snazzy here: https://snazzyrat.bandcamp.com/ https://www.facebook.com/snazzyrat/

This episode is in two parts - Part one: David Turner is in London talking to bilingual poet, Leo Boix. The pair chat about translating poetry from one language to another, the different processes at play when Leo writes in either English or Spanish, why Leo doesn’t translate his own writing and the positive influences various writing collectives have had on his own writing and Invisible Presence - a developmental platform for British Latino writers. Leo reads three poems: (00:02:24) - The Somnambulist (00:27:04) - Rìo Nuevo (00:52:45) - Peregrination Some links relating to this episode: Leo on Twitter - <a href="https://twitter.com/leoboix" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/leoboix</a> Invisible Presence - <a href="https://leonardoboix.wixsite.com/invisiblepresence" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://leonardoboix.wixsite.com/invisiblepresence</a> The Complete Works - <a href="https://thecompleteworkspoetry.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://thecompleteworkspoetry.com/</a> Ten: Poets of the new generation - <a href="http://www.bloodaxebooks.com/ecs/product/ten-poets-of-the-new-generation-1164" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.bloodaxebooks.com/ecs/product/ten-poets-of-the-new-generation-1164</a> Episode 86 of LPP - <a href="https://soundcloud.com/lunar-poetry-podcasts/carlos-maurizio-rojas-nadia-drews-agnes-torok" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://soundcloud.com/lunar-poetry-podcasts/carlos-maurizio-rojas-nadia-drews-agnes-torok</a> Part two (00:53:40): Poet Chrissy Williams talks to Amaan Hyder about his debut collection At Hajj (Penned in the Margins). This interview is an extension of an ongoing project in which Chrissy has been inviting a number of poets to reflect on their debut collections, roughly a year after publication. Amaan reads two poem: (00:55:12) - Coats (01:12:21) - Mohammed's Mobile Links relating to this episode: Chrissy's blog -<a href="https://chrissywilliams.blogspot.co.uk/p/hullo.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://chrissywilliams.blogspot.co.uk/p/hullo.html</a> Chrissy on Twitter -<a href="https://twitter.com/chrissywilliams" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/chrissywilliams</a> Amaan' collection, At Hajj - <a href="http://www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk/index.php/2017/04/at-hajj/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk/index.php/2017/04/at-hajj/</a> Download a full transcript of this episode here: <a href="https://lunarpoetrypodcasts.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/ep113-leo-boix.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://lunarpoetrypodcasts.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/ep113-leo-boix.pdf</a> Episode music is an original composition by Snazzy Rat. You can find more from Snazzy here: <a href="https://snazzyrat.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://snazzyrat.bandcamp.com/</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/snazzyrat/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/snazzyrat/</a>

Ep.113 - Leo Boix; Amaan Hyder (transcript available)

Leo Boix reads his poem 'The Somnambulist'.https://leonardoboix.wixsite.com/invisiblepresence https://lunarpoetrypodcasts.com/ https://twitter.com/apoemaweek https://www.facebook.com/apoemaweekpodcast/

Leo Boix reads his poem 'The Somnambulist'. <a href="https://leonardoboix.wixsite.com/invisiblepresence" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://leonardoboix.wixsite.com/invisiblepresence</a> <a href="https://lunarpoetrypodcasts.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://lunarpoetrypodcasts.com/</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/apoemaweek" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/apoemaweek</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/apoemaweekpodcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/apoemaweekpodcast/</a>

Ep.19 - 'The Somnambulist' by Leo Boix