In this interview about 'Hard Drive', Paul and Danne discuss the process of writing about grief, the difference between pamphlets and a full collection, and a poem written on the train. Support Poetology on Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/poetology
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Hard Drive - www.carcanet.co.uk/cgi-bin/in...
Those People - poetrybusiness.co.uk/product/...
The Days That Followed Paris - www.happenstancepress.com/ind...
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00:00 Intro
00:45 What motivated you to write this collection?
02:45 How did you experience the writing process of Hard Drive?
04:58 How did its specific style emerge?
08:26 Was writing these poems part of your grieving process?
10:00 Publishing poetry pamphlets and collections
11:10 How is writing for a full collection different?
12:44 How and when do you write?
13:50 Poem reading (the train poem)
16:18 About the title, Hard Drive
18:26 Outro