The Penteract Podcast
In this episode, Anthony speaks with poet and mathematician Pedro Poitevin. Topics of conversation include the role of meaning in poetry and palindromes, definitions and redefinitions of the sonnet, politics and art, winning Roman coins at Palindrome Fight!, and finding sonnets in the genome of a cat.
Series 3 Episode 4 of The Penteract Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin.
In this episode, Anthony speaks with composer, poet, and YouTuber Samuel Andreyev. Topics of conversation include the benefits and difficulties of new media for composers and poets, the role of new technology in music and poetry, and the nature of 'authenticity' in art.
Happy Halloween!
In this episode, Anthony and Clara speak with poet and Hem Press publisher Richard Capener about their mutual interest in horror movies. During the conversation, they run through Empire Magazine's 50 Best Horror Movies and discuss several recent movie discoveries.
Series 3 Episode 2 of The Penteract Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin.
In this episode, Anthony speaks with poet, translator, and copywriter Moira Walsh. Topics of conversation include Moira's Enneract Editions chapbook Earthrise, poetry as a therapeutic exercise, realistic idealism, and translating poetry.
In this episode, Anthony speaks with poet and Hem Press publisher Richard Capener. Topics of conversation include current events in the independent poetry press community, the role of avantgarde art, politics in art, and the futures of Hem Press and Penteract Press,
In the series 2 finale, Anthony and Clara steal a YouTube channel's idea and ask each other questions while eating increasingly spicy hot wings, ranging from 1,600 Scoville Heat Units to 2,000,000 Units. Topics of conversation include the state of the poetry industry, publishing with a punk rock ethos, and Clara's work in the food industry.
In this episode, Anthony speaks with writer, copywriter, and poet Nick Asbury. Topics of conversation include the politics of the poetry world, concepts and constraints, songwriting, branding, self-directed learning, and authority.
In this episode, Anthony speaks with Mick Hodgkin, limerick writer, crossword setter, and Puzzles Editor for The Times and The Sunday Times.
In this episode, Anthony speaks with visual artist, poet, and educator Laura Kerr. Topics of conversation include Laura's recent entry into the world of NFTs, AI-generated art and writing, conceptual art, Twitter Blue, seeing colours differently, and drawing hands.... Anthony and Laura also discuss "Mnemonic Trains" -- Laura's recent collaboration with Nick Piombino -- which will be published by Penteract Press in July 2023.
Series 2 Episode 14 of The Penteract Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin and Clara Daneri.
To celebrate the 50th episode of The Penteract Podcast, Anthony (and, from 1.26:50, Clara) chats with the podcast's very first guest, Christian Bök.
Series 2 Episode 13 of The Penteract Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin.
In this episode, Anthony Etherin and Teo Eve discuss the history of the alphabet. Topics include hieroglyphs and the rebus principle; the evolution of letterforms; runes and lost letters; the impact of the printing press and of digital media; and the alphabet's future.
In this episode, Anthony meets Sasha Stiles, to discuss AI-generated poetry, NFTs, and Sasha's work with theVERSEverse. Topics include: poetry on the blockchain; the relationship between constrained poetry and AI-generated poetry; Ray Kurzweil and transhumanism; and the future of poetry.
In this episode, Anthony speaks with Lori Wike about puzzles, wordplay, and Lori's work as Principal Bassoon for the Utah Symphony Orchestra. Topics include inventing puzzles and poem forms, (not) solving Torquemada's Cain's Jawbone, the flow state, and the relationship between music and wordplay.
Series 2 Episode 10 of The Penteract Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin.
In this episode, Anthony meets Jack Waley-Cohen, Co-founder of What3Words, Question Editor for the BBC' s Only Connect, and Co-owner of QuizQuizQuiz.
Series 2 Episode 9 of The Penteract Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin.
In this episode, Anthony and Marian Christie — author of Fractal Poems (Enneract Editions, 2021) and From Fibs to Fractals (Beir Bua Press, 2021) — discuss the relationship between mathematics and poetry, while making time to discuss their shared interest in cricket.
Series 2 Episode 8 of The Penteract Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin and Clara Daneri.
In this episode, Anthony and Clara catch up with comedian, writer, and palindromist Mark Saltveit, to discuss Mark's career in stand-up. Topics of conversation include the comedy circuit, cancel culture, and Taoism.
In this episode, Anthony speaks with Jane Espenson about her career as a writer on such shows as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Battlestar Galactica, and Once Upon a Time — other topics include conceptual metaphor, word games, literary wordplay, and ‘Buffy Speak’.
Series 2 Episode 6 of The Penteract Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin.
In this episode, Anthony speaks with visual artist, poet, and educator Laura Kerr. Topics of conversation include process art, social media, galleries, books, and NFTs.
Series 2 Episode 5 of The Penteract Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin.
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In this episode, Anthony speaks with writer, presenter, and celebrated crossword setter David Astle. Topics of conversation include the crossword community, different approaches to crossword setting, and the obsessive pleasures of wordplay.
Series 2 Episode 4 of The Penteract Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin.
In this episode, Anthony speaks with Andrew Hugill, author of 'Pataphysics: A Useless Guide (MIT Press, 2012), and Christian Bök, author of 'Pataphysics: The Poetics of an Imaginary Science (Northwestern University Press, 2001).
The three pataphysicians present an introduction to 'Pataphysics, discussing its origins in the work of Alfred Jarry, its meaning and definitions, its key principles, and its appearance throughout science and the arts.
Series 2 Episode 3 of The Penteract Podcast, presented by Anthony Etherin and featuring an interview with novelist and screenwriter Anthony Horowitz.
Topics of conversation include wordplay and structure, genre and tradition, and adapting novels for the screen.
Series 2 Episode 2 of The Penteract Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin, and featuring an interview with chess champion, artist, photographer, musician, poet, and palindromist Merlina Acevedo.
In this episode, Anthony and Merlina discuss Merlina's experiences playing competitive chess. Topics include competing in Olympiads, playing Kasparov and Spassky, and Netflix's The Queen's Gambit. They also discuss their shared interests in music and palindromes.
In this episode, Anthony meets Wall Street Journal lexicographer Ben Zimmer and Word Wars director Eric Chaikin. Together, Ben and Eric operate Beyond Wordplay, a platform dedicated to the art, science, and culture of words.
Episode 36 of The Penteract Podcast. For the final episode of series one, Anthony Etherin interviews Clara Daneri, discussing Clara’s interest in combining traditional and digital media, her experience as a publisher for Penteract Press, and the future of both Penteract Press and The Penteract Podcast.
Episode 35 of the Penteract Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin, and featuring an interview with Michelle Moloney King of Beir Bua Press. Topics of conversation include small press publishing, the British and Irish avantgarde, hypnosis and meditation, and defying poetic labels.
Episode 34 of the Penteract Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin, and featuring an interview with Helen Mitchell, organiser of the Small Publishers Fair — an annual fair of books by artists, writers, poets, composers, and book designers — held at Conway Hall, London.
Episode 33 of the Penteract Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin, and featuring an interview with poet and broadcaster Ian McMillan, host of BBC Radio 3’s The Verb. In this episode, Anthony and Ian discuss, poems, puns, podcasting, and pithering, as well as their fascinations with wordplay and Twitter.
Episode 32 of the Penteract Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin, and featuring an interview with poet Tom Jenks. In this episode, Anthony and Tom discuss poetic constraint, humour in poetry, and the material qualities of language, as they launch Pack My Box With Five Dozen Liquor Jugs, a pangrammatic novel written by Tom Jenks and Catherine Vidler.
Episode 31 of The Penteract Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin and Clara Daneri, and featuring an interview with poets Astra Papachristodoulou and Steven J Fowler. In this episode, Steven and Astra discuss the European Poetry Festival (curated by Steven), Astra's recent Text-Isles exhibition in Rhodes, and European poetry in general.
Episode 30 of the Penteract Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin, and featuring an interview with poet Sacha Archer. In this episode, Anthony and Sacha discuss the relationship between poetic traditions and radical experimentalism, the purpose of poetry, and Sacha’s new Penteract Press chapbook, Jung Origami.
Episode 29 of the Penteract Poetry Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin, and featuring an interview with visual poet Derek Beaulieu. In this episode, Derek discusses his poetic practice, the potential and range of poetry, and the importance of small press publishing.
Episode 28 of the Penteract Poetry Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin, and featuring an interview with composer, poet, podcaster, and YouTuber Samuel Andreyev.
In this episode, Anthony asks Samuel about his creative practice and about creativity more generally: What does it take to be an artist? What is the point of being an artist? How should one go about living an artist's life?
Episode 27 of the Penteract Poetry Podcast — a special episode for the launch of Penteract Press's summer books: Slate Petals (and Other Wordscapes) by Anthony Etherin, Untravelling by Mary Frances, and The Kazimir Effect by Christian Bök.
In this episode, Anthony Etherin, Mary Frances, and Christian Bök — joined by Clara Daneri — discuss their new books in detail, exploring the similarities and differences shared among them.
Episode 26 of the Penteract Poetry Podcast — a special episode, presented by Clara Daneri, and featuring Anthony Etherin answering questions asked to him via Twitter at the end of 2020.
Topics include the hows and whys of constrained poetry / formal poetry and small press poetry publishing.
This podcast is the first of two special episodes launching Penteract Press’s summer list — which includes Anthony’s second full-length collection, Slate Petals (and Other Wordscapes).
Episode 25 of the Penteract Poetry Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin, and with guests Christian Bök, Pedro Poitevin, and Nick Montfort.
This is a special panel episode, featuring a discussion of the relationship between poetry and STEM, in particular mathematical and constraint-based poetry, biological poetry, and computational poetry.
The conversation includes mention of Christian Bök's The Xenotext Book 1, Nick Montfort's Golem, and Anthony Etherin's The Utu Sonnets.
Episode 24 of the Penteract Poetry Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin and Clara Daneri, and with guests Kate Siklosi, Gregory Betts, and Nasser Hussain.
This is a special panel episode, featuring a discussion of the past, present, and future of experimental poetry in Canada.
Episode 23 of the Penteract Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin and Clara Daneri, and featuring an interview with Lori Wike and Mark Saltveit, about the history, present, and future of palindromes in literature and music.
Episode 22 of the Penteract Poetry Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin and Clara Daneri, and featuring an interview with Johanna Drucker, Amanda Earl, and Joakim Norling (of Timglaset Editions).
This is a special episode, in support of “Judith”, an anthology of visual poetry made by women. Timglaset Editions will be publishing “Judith” and is currently running an Indiegogo campaign, which we strongly encourage you to support! Read more about the project here.
Episode 21 of the Penteract Poetry Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin, and featuring an interview with visual poet Astra Papachristodoulou. In this episode, Anthony and Astra discuss object poems, neo-futurism, exhibitions and Astra's work with Poem Atlas.
Episode 20 of the Penteract Poetry Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin, and featuring an interview with poet Luke Bradford.
This a special episode, for the launch of Luke's book "Zoolalia", published by Penteract Press on Saturday 20th February, 2021.
Episode 19 of the Penteract Poetry Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin, and featuring an interview with poet Franco Cortese.
This a special episode, for the launch of Franco's book "Lip", published by Penteract Press on Saturday 20th February, 2021.
Episode 18 of the Penteract Poetry Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin and Clara Daneri, and featuring a visual poetry panel discussion, with guests Laura Kerr, Rachel Smith, and Derek Beaulieu.
Episode 17 of the Penteract Poetry Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin, and featuring an interview with poet Ken Hunt. In this episode, Anthony and Ken discuss the relationship between science and poetry, paying particular attention to Ken’s three books, The Manhattan Project, The Odyssey, and The Lost Cosmonauts.
Episode 16 of the Penteract Poetry Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin, and featuring an interview with Christian Bök, author of Eunoia and winner of the 2002 Griffin Poetry Prize.
Episode 15 of the Penteract Poetry Podcast, and the second of a series in which Penteract's Anthony Etherin and Clara Daneri together interview fellow small press publishers. In this episode, Kate Siklosi and Dani Spinosa discuss their work with experimental poetry publisher Gap Riot Press.
Episode 14 of the Penteract Poetry Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin, and featuring an interview with poet... novelist... musician... (etc.) Gary Barwin.
This a special episode, for the launch of Gary's book "Ampers&thropocene", published by Penteract Press on Saturday 15th August, 2020.
Episode 13 of the Penteract Poetry Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin, and featuring an interview with poet John Bevis.
This a special episode, for the launch of John's book "Letter-Winged Kite", published by Penteract Press on Saturday 1st August, 2020.
Episode 12 of the Penteract Poetry Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin, and featuring an interview with poet and artist Richard Biddle.
This a special episode, for the launch of Richard's book "Consciousness", published by Penteract Press on Saturday 25th July, 2020.
Episode 11 of the Penteract Poetry Podcast. The first of a series in which Penteract's Anthony Etherin and Clara Daneri together interview fellow small press publishers. In this episode, Haley Jenkins discusses her work with indie poetry publisher Selcouth Station Press.
This a special episode, for the launch of Steven's book "Crayon Poems", published by Penteract Press on Saturday 11th July, 2020.
This a special episode, for the launch of James's book "Chimera", published by Penteract Press on Saturday 27th June, 2020.
Episode 8 of the Penteract Poetry Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin, and featuring an interview with poet and mathematician Pedro Poitevin. Topics of conversation include poetry in translation, formalism and mastery, and the delights of palindromic sonnets.
Episode 7 of the Penteract Poetry Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin, and featuring an interview with artist and poet Rachel Smith. Topics of conversation include Rachel’s various creative processes, the differences between the worlds of art and poetry, and the importance of being insolent yet smitten….
Episode 6 of the Penteract Poetry Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin, and featuring an interview with Jonathan Ball, the 'Poet Laureate of Hell'.
This episode focuses on the relationship between music and poetry, on experimentation within both art forms, and on the increasingly important role social media plays in the arts.
Episode 4 of the Penteract Poetry Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin, and featuring an interview with poet, lecturer and critic Nasser Hussain, the author of SKY WRI TEI NGS (available now from Coach House Books!). Topics of conversation include sonic palindromes, writing poems with knives, and the delights of &ormalism....
The third Penteract Poetry Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin, and featuring an interview with poet and artist Mary Frances. Topics of conversation include: playing with words; the weird world of Twitter; discovering landscapes in old stones; and Mary's latest book, Sea Pictures.
The second Penteract Poetry Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin, and featuring an interview with poet, performer and artist Steven J Fowler. Topics of conversation include: What it means to be 'avant-garde'; the difference between poetry in the UK and mainland Europe; and Steven's new book, I will show you the life of the mind (on prescription drugs).
The very first Penteract Poetry Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin, and featuring an interview with Christian Bök, author of Eunoia and winner of the 2002 Griffin Poetry Prize. Topics of conversation include: the indestructible poems of Christian’s Xenotext Project; the dichotomy of negative capability and the egotistical sublime; poetry in the age of social media (and the success of Rupi Kaur); and poetic pedagogy.