I first encountered Liam Ferney’s poetry on an afternoon trip to Hill of Content. I liked his book so much it made me jealous, so I didn’t buy it (nice). In this chat we talk about everything from what can’t be a poem to writing from within a dominant community, masculinity, complicity, the pageantry of public opinion, and how Liam sometimes feels like he’s in dialogue with this very podcast.

Show notes

• Liam’s books Content and Hot Take
• The QPF (Queensland Poetry Festival)
• Charmaine Papertalk Green’s Nganajungu Yagu
• Bonny Cassidy
• Ep. 126 with Michelle Cahill
• Ep. 121 ‘Are all poets depressed?’
• Ep. 116 with Daniel Swain
• Ep. 115 with Michael Farrell
• Ep. 86 with A.J. Carruthers