School of Poetry
‘School of Poetry’ is a podcast dedicated to discussing and analysing the good – and the not so good – within the world of poetry. With fresh poems and new themes to discuss in each episode, Loughborough University’s Dr Oli Tearle and other guest academics will bring their knowledge and expertise to this fun, yet educational, new show.Interact with Oli and guests on Twitter by following @LboroEnglish.
Podcasting since 2018 • 9 episodes
School of Poetry
Latest Episodes
Episode 8 - AI Poetry, Unexpected Coal-Trucks and Milton
Host Dr Oli Tearle is joined by Dr Barbara Cooke and Dr Kerry Featherstone to for the first-ever video version of the show, where they discuss John Milton's 'On His Blindness' ('When I consider how my light is spent'), poetry by artificial inte...
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Season 3
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Episode 7 - Transport, Autogeddon and Fire Eating with Bob Hoskins
Dr Oliver Tearle hosts another episode of 'School of Poetry', and is joined by returning guests Dr Sarah Parker and Dr Andrew Dix. The trio discusses transport poetry, including 'Ballade of an Omnibus' by Amy Levy, Heathcote Williams's 'Autoged...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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Episode 6 - Poets and their Pets, including Cats, Dogs and Byron's Bear...
“For secondly”... School of Poetry’s second episode of season two looks at Christopher Smart from Jubilate Agno, A Popular Personage at Home by Thomas Hardy and more as part of Poets and their Pets...
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Season 2
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Episode 5 - First poems, a Beautiful Bowel Movement and is rap poetry?
Dr Oli Tearle is joined by Anne-Marie Beller and Dr Andrew Dix for the new season of School of Poetry, kicking off on World Poetry Day with a bumper edition featuring the likes of Lewis Carroll, Anne Bradstreet, T. E. Hulme, Sterling A Brown an...
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Season 2
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