Southword Poetry Podcast
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.
Southword Poetry Podcast
Paisley Rekdal: West A Translation
(00:00) - Paisley Rekdal interview
(53:00) - Clíona Ní Ríordáin and Patrick Cotter Discussion
(01:03:15) - Southword poem, Waiting for the baby by Afric McGlinchey
Rekdal grew up in Seattle, Washington, the daughter of a Chinese American mother and a Norwegian father. She earned a BA from the University of Washington, an MA from the University of Toronto Centre for Medieval Studies, and an MFA from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She is the author of the poetry collections West: A Translation (2023), winner of the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award; A Crash of Rhinos (2000); Six Girls Without Pants (2002); The Invention of the Kaleidoscope (2007); and Imaginary Vessels (2016), as well as the book of essays The Night My Mother Met Bruce Lee: Observations on Not Fitting In (2000).
This week's Southword poem is ‘Waiting for the baby' by Afric McGlinchey, which appears in issue 43. You can buy single issues, subscribe, or find out how to submit to Southword here.
