Episode 57: Liam Bates - "Capacity for uncertainty"

On today’s episode of The Poems We Made Along the Way Gregory Kearns speaks to Liam Bates about how we might define friendship, popular song lyrics being published in poetry anthologies, and self-consciously informal citations. Listen on to find out more about all of that.

Liam Bates is a poet and researcher. He’s written two pamphlets Monomaniac and Working Animals, as well as his debut collection Human Townsperson all published by Broken Sleep Books.

Books and other things

Human Townsperson: https://www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page/liam-bates-human-townsperson

Monomaniac: https://www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page/liam-bates-monomaniac

Working Animals: https://www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page/liam-bates-working-animals

You can also use our affiliate link for Bookshop to find most of the books by most of the guests from the show. They are organised into lists for each series. If you use this link, we get a fraction of the money you spend: https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/series-seven-the-poems-we-made-along-the-way

We’d also recommend enquiring with your local bookshops or libraries as well.

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

Character Building poetry film: https://videopress.com/v/qpXHT1wb

Interview with Liam Bates: https://www.brokensleepbooks.com/post/interview-with-liam-bates

David Graeber interviewed by Charlie Rose: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVDkkOAOtV0