The YourShelf Podcast

#13 Poetry Book of the Year 2021 with Naomi Morris

Episode Summary

The YourShelf Podcast is back with three very special episodes for our Books of the Year 2021! First up: YourShelf's chief curator Juliano Zaffino (Jay) interviews Naomi Morris to discuss YourShelf's Poetry Book of the Year 2021, Hyperlove. Expect love, sex, obsession, extremity, erasure and theory, as well as book recommendations (and more) from Naomi.

Episode Notes

The YourShelf Podcast returns for three very special episodes celebrating our Books of the Year 2021! In episode thirteen, YourShelf's chief curator Juliano Zaffino (Jay) interviews Naomi Morris to discuss YourShelf's Poetry Book of the Year 2021, Hyperlove, with topics ranging from love and sex to obsession and extremity, erasure and theory, as well as book recommendations (and more) from Naomi. For full show notes, see here: https://podcast.yourshelf.uk/episodes/13.

Thanks for listening, and thanks to Naomi for such a brilliant conversation!

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Episode Notes

• Jay quizzes Naomi on her dream literary dinner party, the books that made her and more.
• Naomi discusses the creation and reception of her collection of poetry, Hyperlove. Naomi explores ideas of sex and love addiction, the erasure of the self in love and spirituality, and why Angel Olsen is her twenty-first century mystic.
• Jay wraps up the interview by asking Naomi about her favourite things from 2021 and what she's looking forward to in 2022.
• Check out episodes fourteen and fifteen for our non-fiction and fiction books of the year, with interviews from Michelle Orange and Lauren Groff.
• Thank you to our Sound Editor, Toby Ollis-Brownstone.