Making poetry, making a nation: interview with Edwin Thumboo

Jen WEBB

Making poetry, making a nation: interview with Edwin Thumboo

Jen WEBB

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Jen Webb met Edwin Thumboo at LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore, in October 2013, to discuss his work as a poet as part of an ARC-funded project into poetry and creativity (DP130100402). Their conversation explored the responsibility of the poet and of poetry in the construction of a sense of community, and the impact of language, metaphor, imagery and myth.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	205-221
Number of pages	17
Journal	Axon: Creative Explorations
Volume	8
Issue number	2
Publication status	Published - Nov 2018

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