Forward Prize-winning poet Fiona Benson has a new collection called Ephemeron out with Cape in 2022. During this evening’s Well-versed discussion, Fiona and Lucy explored the wide variety of different angles upon narrative contained within the covers of this collection: from the re-telling of the story of the Minotaur, to short-lived and transitory snapshots of life as an insect, or schooldays. The discussion explores why Fiona has been drawn to rewriting myths (both in this book, and previous work), and the centrality of the idea of ‘truth’ in her writing. Fiona also reads some poems which extend, and provide context for, the discussion.
This event is available free as part of StAnza 2022.
