Omar Sakr talks with Ali Cobby Eckermann, a Yankunytjatjara Aboriginal poet and the author of seven books including the verse novel Ruby Moonlight (2012), and the poetry collections Inside My Mother (2015) and the memoir Too Afraid to Cry (2013). In 2017 she was awarded Yale University's Windham Campbell Prize in Poetry.

Ali reads her poem 'Temple', inspired by her recent move to regional South Australia where she grew up, while Omar shares his new poem 'Things That Saved My Life Lately'. They discuss isolation, self care, and slowing down.

To read the poems in full, visit www.uqp.com.au.

CREDITS:

Host: Omar Sakr

Producer: Sally Wilson

Audio production: Anthony Frangi