On today’s episode of The Poems We Made Along The Way Gregory Kearns speaks to Sandeep Parmar about the Ledbury Critics Scheme, racism in the British poetry world and the drafting process.

Sandeep Parmar is a poet and Professor of English literature at the University of Liverpool. She has published a broad range of books from her poetry collections to her critical work, including her exploration of the work of Mina Loy.

In the episode we talked about Sandeep’s essay Not a British Subject, and her follow up, Still Not a British Subject.

You can read Not a British Subject here: https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/not-a-british-subject-race-and-poetry-in-the-uk/

You can read Still Not a British Subject here: https://poetry.openlibhums.org/article/id/3384/

You can buy Faust here: https://www.poetrybooks.co.uk/products/faust-by-sandeep-parmar-pre-order-b-br-pbs-autumn-choice-2022-b?srsltid=AfmBOop_DOJ3gjqjyxXQ7vDr6T8OMyK0jUKKI4RZsMw0BjWGZpM90465

You can buy The Marble Orchard here: https://www.shearsman.com/store/Sandeep-Parmar-The-Marble-Orchard-p102839006

(We’d also recommend enquiring with your local bookshops or libraries as well.)

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