Ep. 75 - English PEN (transcript available)
b"Download a transcript of this conversation here: https://lunarpoetrypodcasts.files.wordpress.com/2020/07/ep75-english-pen-transcript.pdf\\n\\nJune 2016. Paul McMenemy talks to Cat Lucas and Robert Sharp from English PEN about writers at risk. Includes readings of translations of poetry by Ashraf Fayadh and Liu Xia, as well as Andrew McMillan\\u2019s poem in response to Ashraf\\u2019s work, recorded at the Modern Literature Festival.\\n(00:00:58) - Cat Lucas reads, 'A space in the void' by Ashraf Fayadh (trans. Jonathon Wright)\\n(00:20:54) - Andrew McMillan reads, 'Week of living blasphemously'\\n(00:42:53) - Paul McMenemy reads, 'June 2nd 1989' by Liu Xia (trans. Ming Di and Jennifer Stern)\\n\\nwww.englishpen.org\\nWriters in translation: http://worldbookshelf.englishpen.org/\\nPEN at the Ledbury Festival: https://www.englishpen.org/campaigns/english-pen-at-the-ledbury-poetry-festival-2016/\\nModern Literature Festival videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/fowlerpoetry\\nPoetry by Ashraf Fayadh in English: https://arablit.org/?s=Ashraf+Fayadh&x=0&y=0\\nPoetry by Liu Xia in English: https://pen.org/poetry/five-poems-liu-xia"