In this week’s episode we interview American lecturer and writer of poetry, fiction, and non-fiction, Dr Christina Thatcher. We discuss definitions of grief, the interlinking of death and creativity, and how ideas around grief and loss might intersect with broader experiences of living amongst Covid-19.
Continuing with our theme of death and creativity, along with our discussion with Dr Christina Thatcher, our second segment focuses on two pieces from the Wales Arts Review archive: Nasia Sarwar-Skuse’s ‘Vignette: Snapshot of Grief’ and Rosie Couch’s ‘Eulogy for a New World’, thinking about mothers, anxieties around forgetting, and the timelessness of grief.
Finally, we briefly talk about the 100 Page Turners project and the most recent category: ‘Identity’.
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Links to the articles discussed:
Nasia Sarwar-Skuse, ‘Vignette: Snapshot of Grief’
www.walesartsreview.org/vignette-snap…hot-of-grief/
Rosie Couch, ‘Eulogy for a New World’
www.walesartsreview.org/new-world-rosie-couch/
Wales Arts Review, ‘100 Page Turners | Identity’
www.walesartsreview.org/100-page-turn…les-identity/
Music:
‘Vienna Beat’ by Blue Dot Sessions
From the Free Music Archive (www.freemusicarchive.org)
Dr Christina Thatcher is a writer of poetry, fiction, and non-fiction and lectures at Cardiff Metropolitan University. She is originally from the United States.
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Wales and America: Writing Across Continents
Sydney Whiteside explores the writing of Christina Thatcher and Zoë Brigley and their insights into the nature, culture and experience of living in both Wales and America.
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