Kieron talks to Dr Rhian Barfoot and Dr Rhys Trimble about the little-known Welsh poet, Dylan Thomas. They discuss Thomas's life and work, his "Welshness", the Dylan Thomas industry, and the ambivalence surrounding his legacy in Wales. Enjoy!
Rhian is a critic and author of Liberating Dylan Thomas: Rescuing a Poet from Psycho-sexual Servitude (UWP, 2014) https://www.uwp.co.uk/author/1438/
Rhys is a poet whose books include Swansea Automatic (2015) and the Red Book of Hergest Ward (2018). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhys_Trimble
Rhian and Kieron co-edited the recent collection New Theoretical Perspectives on Dylan Thomas (UWP, 2020)
The collection on Apocalyptic poets discussed is Jim Keery, ed., Apocalypse: An Anthology(2021)
Dylan Thomas audio clips from here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyavcLn2_uo&ab_channel=WALESintheMOVIESWALESintheMOVIES
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