The Southword Poetry Podcast is produced by the Munster Literature Centre. Each episode, a guest poet talks in depth about their latest work and shares a few of their poems. We also hear a poem from a recent issue of the literary journal Southword. Sarah Byrne hosted the 2022 season. Clíona Ní Ríordáin hosted the 2024 season. Poets were selected by the hosts, Patrick Cotter and James O’Leary. The Munster Literature Centre is a grateful recipient of funding from the Arts Council of Ireland and the Arts Office of Cork City Council.
Clíona Ní Ríordáin is a critic, translator and Professor of English at the Sorbonne Nouvelle. Her monograph, English Language Poets in University College Cork 1970-1980 (Palgrave Macmillan) was published in 2020. Her translation of Maylis Besserie’s novel, Yell, Sam, If You Still Can appeared from Lilliput Press in 2022. Plus loin encore, translations of Gerry Murphy’s poems co-edited and co-translated with Paul Bensimon came out in 2022.
Sarah writes poetry, music and non-fiction. She currently edits The Well Review and is working on a multidisciplinary project called Stranger Samples, an exploration of the stranger and the sample through text(ile), song, and perfume. She prefers to live in countries that cherish the pistachio nut.