Women and Poetry

Written and presented by Lizbeth Goodman and Angus Calder, this cassette includes a wide variety of readings of poems, followed by discussions about the way in which gender affects the reading and interpretation of poems. Among the poets covered are Emily Dickinson, Robert Browning, Sylvia Plath and Elizabeth Bishop. There are also interviews with contemporary female poets, including Gillian Clarke, Val Smith and Jackie Kay. Produced by Mags Noble.