Hamilton Review of Books Podcast – Season 2, Episode 2 "Poetry" with Lisa Richter
This episode’s guest is Lisa Richter, a Toronto poet, and author of the award winning collection Nautilus and Bone. We talked about what drew her to poetry, how we should read poetry, and how we should teach poetry. We dig into her collection and do a minibook club of Gillian Sze’s Quiet Night Think.
Lisa’s Website (https://www.lisarichter.org/)
Youtube Video Mentioned: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-qbXZMU8WE (performance by Emily Hiemstra)
Gillian Sze, Quiet Night Think: https://ecwpress.com/products/quiet-night-think
Poets Mentioned
Books Mentioned
Madeleine Thien, Do Not Say We Have Nothing
Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Maddie Mortiner, Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies
Sheila Heti, Pure Colour
Jing Tsu, Kingdom of Characters
Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch
Alex Kerner hosts and produces.