Drunk as a Poet on Payday

The show's first overseas guest! I'm delighted to present my conversation with poet Matthew Francis, who joins me from his home in Wales to talk about his new book, The Green Month, a rendering of the Welsh poet Dafydd ap Gwilym, one of the most important figures in Welsh poetry. Matthew Francis, besides his work with Welsh poets, is the author of the poetry collections Blizzard, Dragons, Muscovy, Mandeville, among others, and works of fiction, including, The Book of the Needle and Nocturne with Gaslamps, and he edited W. S. Graham’s New Collected Poems.

Pick up a copy of The Green Month here.

Creators and Guests

Host

Jason Gray

Jason Gray is the author of the poetry collections Radiation King and Photographing Eden. His poems and reviews have appeared in Poetry, Kenyon Review, Southern Review, Image, and elsewhere.

What is Drunk as a Poet on Payday?

Good news is sometimes hard to come by for poets, and what’s better news than a new book! Celebrate with us as Jason Gray hosts an interview podcast with poets discussing their new books. Each episode is a smart, fun look into the world of poetry, where the guests read several poems for their new work, and talk about how their books came to be, and how they write the way they do.

More episodes

Chapters

Creators and Guests

What is Drunk as a Poet on Payday?