The Interpreter's House Podcast

by Andrew Wells

Relics of conversations between poets. Geek out with us. Hosted by Assistant Editor, Andrew Wells and occasional cats. The Interpreter's House was founded in 1996 and is currently edited by Georgi Gill, Louise Peterkin, Annie Rutherford, Lizzie Fowler, and Andrew Wells. Visit theinterpretershouse.org for over 75 issues of poems, stories, and occasional essays and reviews. Cover art by Luke Stackpoole on Unsplash
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  • Interview with Maia Elsner

    Interview with Maia Elsner

    E04
    44:44

    In the fourth episode of The Interpreter's House, I talk to Maia Elsner about her collection, Overrun By Wild Boars (Flipped Eye, 2021), about form and the sestina, trauma, symbolism and symbols made different and discordant by tragedy.

  • Interview with Maria Sledemere

    Interview with Maria Sledemere

    E03
    01:04:14

    Back when it was barely winter, Maria Sledmere, editrix-in-chief of SPAM, author of The Luna Erratum (Dostoevsky Wannabee, 2021) and Neutral Milky Halo (Guillemot Press, 2020) joined me to talk Derrida, Mark Fisher, tribulations of organised fun, poems, rats, & more & more, along with superb readings from The Luna Erratum. Author photo courtesy of Robin Christian

  • Interview with Gboyega Odubanjo

    Interview with Gboyega Odubanjo

    E02
    01:01:09

    Talking Bath Magg, writing editorials, being an editor-poet, While I Yet Live (Bad Betty Press), Aunty Uncle Poems (Poetry Business) & more with Gboyega Odubanjo. Photo by Sylvia Suli

  • Interview with David Spittle

    Interview with David Spittle

    E01
    51:11

    In the inaugural episode of The Interpreter's House Podcast, David Spittle and Andrew Wells discuss thought, surrealism, messiness and memory. David Spittle is the author of All Particles and Waves (Black Herald Press, 2020), B O X (HVTN, 2018) and the editor of Light Glyphs (Broken Sleep Books, 2021).