• EP03 - When the Sweet Turns Sour | Heaney, “Blackberry Picking”

  • May 25 2021
  • Length: 58 mins
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EP03 - When the Sweet Turns Sour | Heaney, “Blackberry Picking”

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  • Seamus Heaney, “Blackberry-Picking.” Today we consider a lyric poem from Death of a Naturalist, Seamus Heaney’s first collection (1966). In “Blackberry-Picking” Heaney recounts a memory from his childhood, or perhaps from the beginning of his childhood’s end.

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    We started recording episodes about a year ago and are just now releasing them. We have a handful more of them to publish before we catch up. We hope you enjoy and thanks for listening!

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