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On today’s episode of The Poems We Made Along the Way Gregory Kearns speaks to Michael Symmons Roberts about Filmmaker Tarkovsky, faith in poetry, and The Royal Literary Fund.

Michael Symmons Roberts is a poet, librettist, Professor at Manchester Metropolitan University, and worked at the BBC in radio and then as a documentary filmmaker. He has published 9 collections, the most recent is called Dogstar and was published earlier this month by Jonathan Cape.

Books and other things

Dogstar: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/474274/dog-star-by-roberts-michael-symmons/9781787336032

Ransom: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/442539/ransom-by-michael-symmons-roberts/9781787333123

Mancunia : https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/434442/mancunia-by-michael-symmons-roberts/9781911214298

Drysalter: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/411086/drysalter-by-michael-symmons-roberts/9781448181407

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Things to read/watch/listen/etc in relationship to this interview:

Michael Symmons Roberts talks about his work (2017): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVjhZx2pt60

Michael Symmons Roberts talks about his work (2021): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CY5SGZumwI

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