Meet Antonia Pont, an essayist, poet, practitioner, teacher and more. She's a senior lecturer in writing and literature at Deakin University. She's written for Rabbit, The Lifted Brow, Cordite and Meanjin.

In this episode we discuss her experience as a teacher and lecturer, her differing approaches to writing poetry and nonfiction, and how her worldview shapes her work. We explore what poetry means and what makes it special, and why, even if she were never published again, she'll be writing it for the rest of her life.

This episode was recorded remotely during October 2020 and Stage 4 COVID-19 restrictions in Melbourne. There may be variations of audio quality.

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