Ear Read This

A Year of Birds (1984) by Iris Murdoch


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S3E100 Miles Leeson returns to the podcast to talk about Iris Murdoch, this time concentrating on her short collection of poems, A Year of Birds. 

 

Miles and Ash discuss connections between Murdoch's poetry and philosophy, the critical reputation of her poems and some of the folklore tradition associated with her chosen birds. 

 

To pre-order a copy of Poems from an Attic

https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/470920/poems-from-an-attic-by-murdoch-iris/9781784746124

And to listen to The Iris Murdoch podcast:

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-iris-murdoch-society-podcast/id1506230228

 

Title Music: 'Not Drunk' by The Joy Drops. All other music by Epidemic Sound. 

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