The Irish Pages Podcast

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The Irish Pages podcast brings you discussion about writing featured in Irish Pages, a journal of contemporary writing from Ireland and overseas. In each episode, editors Chris Agee and Kathleen Jamie talk to contributors to the most recent issue, ranging through poetry, short fiction, essays, creative non-fiction, memoir, essay reviews, nature-writing, translated work, literary journalism and more.For more information about Irish Pages, the latest issue, and how to subscribe, visit the website: irishpages.org Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episodes

  1. 08/10/2023

    Gerard McCarthy's 'Old Istanbul & Other Essays': Manus Charleton and Nora McGillen

    Manus Charleton and Nora McGillen talk to Irish Pages editor Chris Agee about Old Istanbul & Other Essays, the first collection of essays by Gerard McCarthy, who died shortly before their publication in 2022. McCarthy’s dazzling philosophical writing occupies the region where philosophy merges into literature, drawing deeply on the influence of Nietzsche, Marcus Aurelius and Montaigne. Manus and Nora discuss their memories of Gerard and his life and work as a social worker and writer, and some of his philosophical preoccupations, including his quest for silence, the world beyond language and the human search for meaning. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 8m

  2. 07/21/2023

    Luka Bekavac and Igor Sticks: ‘August After Midnight’ and ‘W’

    Croatian novelists Luka Bekavac and Igor Štiks discuss their latest novels, August After Midnight and W, published in English by Irish Pages Press, with Jacob Agee, Managing Editor at Irish Pages. Bekavac explains the complex, experimental form of August After Midnight, and why transcommunication and the region of Slavonia in northeast Croatia play a central role in his work. Štiks talks about the detailed account of recent revolutionary history in W, the division in left-wing politics that runs through it, and how he fed that material into a dramatic mystery thriller. Irish Pages: https://irishpages.org/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    59 min

  3. 07/20/2023

    Chris Preddle and Milena Williamson: Sappho

    Chris Preddle talks to Irish Pages Managing Editor Milena Williamson about his recent translations of Sappho's songs and poems, published by Irish Pages Press. He describes how he fell in love with Sappho's poetry, the technical challenges of translating her work into English, the world of Lesbos in which she lived around 600 BCE, the different genres of poetry she wrote, and whether he considers her a feminist. He also reads several of her poems, both in his English translation and in the Ancient Greek. Irish Pages: https://irishpages.org/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 10m

  4. 07/19/2023

    Maddy Tongue and Michael Longley: On Helen Lewis

    Maddy Tongue and Michael Longley talk to Irish Pages Editor Chris Agee about Tongue's recent book, Helen Lewis: Shadows Behind the Dance, a heartfelt portrait of the Czech dancer and teacher, which also features poems by Michael Longley, who knew Lewis. Tongue and Longley discuss their memories of Lewis and her extraordinary life, from her devastating experiences under a Nazi persecution to her subsequent career in Belfast as a choreographer and teacher, and her own brilliant memoir, A Time to Speak. Irish Pages: https://irishpages.org/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    51 min

  5. 07/18/2023

    Sorcha Ní Lochlainn and Roisin Costello: Corncrakes and the Songs of Rathlane

    Sorcha Ní Lochlainn and Roisin Costello talk to Irish Pages Managing Editor Milena Williamson about their recent pieces in the journal, which both look at the use and traditions of the Irish language in different periods and settings. They discuss how the language has changed through various process, such as the law, family and community; the tradition of song in providing a public voice for women; the experience of hearing the corncrake its cultural resonance; the value and challenges of preserving dialects; and the advantages (or not) or being bilingual. The episode also features two renditions of traditional song by Sorcha. Irish Pages: https://irishpages.org/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 19m

  6. 07/17/2023

    John F. Deane & James Harpur: Darkness Between Stars

    Irish Pages editor Chris Agee talks to John F. Deane and James Harper, poets from different faith traditions, about their combined collection of poetry, Darkness Between Stars, and how their lifetime of work has explored the mysteries of existence and the divine. In a broad and searching conversation, John and James discuss the decline of traditional religious activity in the modern world, the difference between belief and faith, what makes good (and bad) religious poetry, the nature of Jesus, and why we are all agnostics. Irish Pages: https://irishpages.org/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 29m

  7. 07/03/2023

    Slavenka Drakulić and Jacob Agee: Invisible Woman and Other Stories

    Slavenka Drakulić talks to Jacob Agee about her new collection of stories, Invisible Woman and Other Stories, published in English by Irish Pages Press, which takes the reader on an intimate journey of ageing. They discuss how the collection developed from a novel into short stories, why the female body remains at the centre of her work, why women’s fiction writing is more likely to be treated as autobiographical than men’s, the recent history of nationalism in Croatia and her experience of being described as one of the ‘five witches of Croatia’ in the early 1990s; and the various and surprising translations of her writing that have appeared. Jacob Agee is a managing editor at Irish Pages and the co-translator of Invisible Woman. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    59 min

  8. 07/01/2023

    Brian Holton and Jacob Agee: Aa Cled Wi Clouds She Cam

    Brian Holton talks to Irish Pages Managing Editor Jacob Agee about his latest work of translation for the Irish Pages Press, Aa Cled Wi Clouds She Camm, which consists of translations into Scots and English of the first sixty poems of the standard anthology Song Ci Sanbaishou, a foundational work of Chinese lyric verse. They discuss the history of translation from Chinese to English, the world of the Tang and Song dynasties in which the cí were written, and the particular technical challenges of Chinese as a source language, such as its lack of articles and pronouns, where the first task for the translator is to work out who is doing what to whom. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 6m

  9. 05/14/2023

    Ciarán O’Rourke and Chris Agee: Phantom Gang

    Irish Pages editor Chris Agee talks to poet Ciarán O’Rourke, whose latest collection, Phantom Gang, published by Irish Pages Press, was longlisted for the 2023 Dylan Thomas prize. Ciarán discusses his poetic influences, from John Clare to Derek Mahon, the importance of political engagement in his work, why his latest collection plays homage to figures including Bertolt Brecht and Gerda Taro, and what role poetry has to play in the crises facing humanity. Find out more about Irish Pages Press: https://irishpages.org/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 5m

  10. 02/06/2023

    Patricia Craig and Chris Agee: Kilclief and Other Essays

    Patricia Craig talks to Irish Pages editor Chris Agee about her new collection of writing, Kilclief and Other Essays, which ranges from William Carleton to Edna O’Brien, and in subject matter from recent Irish poetry to ghosts, children’s books and MI5. Buy the book here: https://irishpages.org/product/kilclief-other-essays-by-patricia-craig/   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 7m

  11. 02/04/2023

    Chris Agee and Ciarán O’Rourke: Trump Rant

    Chris Agee, editor of Irish Pages, walks to poet Ciarán O’Rourke about his long poem, Trump Rant, a portrait of the former US President and a deep-delving, wide-ranging critique of a society caught in an apparently ever-expanding moment of crisis.  Buy the book here: https://irishpages.org/product/trump-rant-by-chris-agee/   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    59 min

  12. 12/13/2021

    The Anthropocene

    In the first episode of the Irish Pages Podcast, editors Chris Agee and Kathleen Jamie talk to Garry MacKenzie about his new poem, 'Ben Dorain: A Conversation with a Mountain', and to Robert Alan Jamieson and Alec Finlay about their writing on falling ill, all of which feature in the new issue of the journal, on 'The Anthropocene'.Find out what else is in the latest issue on the Irish Pages website: irishpages.org Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    58 min
  • 12 Episodes

About

The Irish Pages podcast brings you discussion about writing featured in Irish Pages, a journal of contemporary writing from Ireland and overseas. In each episode, editors Chris Agee and Kathleen Jamie talk to contributors to the most recent issue, ranging through poetry, short fiction, essays, creative non-fiction, memoir, essay reviews, nature-writing, translated work, literary journalism and more.For more information about Irish Pages, the latest issue, and how to subscribe, visit the website: irishpages.org Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  • Creator
    Irish Pages
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2023
  • Episodes
    12
  • Rating
    Clean
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