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Planet PoetryCrystal | Clarity - with Ellen CranitchSend us a textA gleam of love in hard times. Our guest Ellen Cranitch shares poems from her Bloodaxe collection Crystal, a subtle, multifaceted work arising from the discovery that her partner was addicted to crystal meth. Expect beauty, flashes of resilience and the deft capture of moments that sustain a relationship through this extreme challenge. Robin and Peter have been rubbernecking at the recent Planetary Parade (we owe it to you dear listener because of our name) and use it as an excuse to open a celestial trove with dramatic lines fr...2025-03-0654 min
Arji's Poetry Pickle JarArji's Poetry Pickle Jar - Ep. 45 - Ellen CranitchVery happy to be back with Ellen Cranitch in the Pickle Jar.
She is a poet and lecturer. Her first collection, The Immortalist, was shortlisted for the Seamus Heaney Award for Best First Collection. Her new collection, Crystal, was published by Bloodaxe, named “Dignified, moving and sure…" by The Observer where it was named book of the month, it was also recommended by Stephen Fry and Ian McMillan.
Today she brings a Prynne Poem into the Pickle Jar and we speak of line breaks, intensity and the importance of synt...2024-08-1318 min
Third Coast Audio Library :: AllWhere are all the flowers from?A little seaside town on the West Coast of Ireland wears floral posies for the children of Gaza.Year: 2015Producers:Ellen Cranitch2015-05-1302 min