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Episode 47: Sasha Dugdale - "Writing from your viscera"
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- Apr 13, 2026
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Summary
On today’s episode of The Poems We Made Along the Way Gregory Kearns speaks to Sasha Dugdale about ventriloquism, stealing a school poetry textbook, and the role of serendipity in writing. Sasha Dugdale is a poet and translator. Her collections include Joy, Deformations and, most recently, The Strongbox, all published by Carcanet. She has translated Russian-language literature including Maria Stephanova’s In Memory of Memory, and formally was editor of Modern Poetry in Translation. Books and other things The Strongbox: https://www.carcanet.co.uk/9781800174085/the-strongbox/ Deformations: https://www.carcanet.co.uk/9781784108984/deformations/ Joy: https://www.carcanet.co.uk/9781784105037/joy/ You can also use our affiliate link for Bookshop to find most of the books by most of the guests from the show. They are organised into lists for each series. If you use this link, we get a fraction of the money you spend: https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/series-six-the-poems-we-made-along-the-way We’d also recommend enquiring with your local bookshops or libraries as well. Things to read/watch/listen/etc in relationship to this interview: PoetryEast | Sasha Dugdale in conversation with Maitreyabandhu: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dcn9YjRduj4 In Conversation with Sasha Dugdale: https://forwardartsfoundation.org/in-conversation-with-sasha-dugdale/ The Usual Make sure you don’t miss future episodes by subscribing and if you enjoyed this episode consider sharing it with a friend or anyone else you think might also like it. Theme tune: Joe Chesterman-March who can be found here: https://joecm.co.uk Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/ThePoemsWeMade Hosted on Acast. See…