'When the war started, I was distraught'
I interviewed the editor of Disbelief, Julia Nemirovskaya, by email about the anti-war anthology - about how it came about and evolved, the risks of speaking out, the dangers some writers still living in Russia might face. I found her answers fascinating – and also, very moving.
How did you become involved in this project?
When the war started, I was distraught, to say the least. It was...
23rd December 2022
‘There are not enough hours in the day to publish all the submissions that we like’
After starting out by running regular open-mic nights, Surrey-based independent poetry publishers Dempsey & Windle have published well over 100 poetry collections over the last five years (including two of mine). In a wide-ranging interview with Write Out Loud undertaken just before they set off on ...
8th September 2022
From New York, to Chennai, to Bolton: George Wallace on global poetry networks, Walt Whitman, and a NYC anthology
George Wallace (pictured) is writer in residence at the Walt Whitman Birthplace, on Long Island, New York; first poet laureate of Suffolk County, Long Island; and author of 38 poetry books and chapboo...
5th April 2022
'Poets should never be lost for words': peace campaigner Antony Owen talks about the war in Ukraine and the new nuclear threat
President Putin’s barely-veiled threat at the start of the invasion of Ukraine to inflict a nuclear attack on the West if it took arms against him was a chilling reminder of the mortal danger hanging...
31st March 2022
