Inspiration & the Muse with James Harpur

About this episode

James Harpur discusses inspiration and the creative process in poetry.

James Harpur is a British-born Irish poet who has published eight books of poetry. He has won a number of awards, including the Michael Hartnett Award and the UK National Poetry Competition.Harpur's site: https://www.jamesharpur.com/Harpur's recent book link: https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/dazzling-darkness/---Become part of the Hermitix community:Hermitix Twitter - ⁠⁠ / hermitixpodcast⁠⁠ Hermitix Discord - ⁠⁠ / discord Support Hermitix:Hermitix Subscription - ⁠⁠https://hermitix.net/subscribe/⁠⁠ Patreon - ⁠⁠ www.patreon.com/hermitix⁠⁠ Donations: - ⁠⁠https://www.paypal.me/hermitixpod⁠⁠Hermitix Merchandise - ⁠⁠http://teespring.com/stores/hermitix-2⁠⁠Bitcoin Donation Address: 3LAGEKBXEuE2pgc4oubExGTWtrKPuXDDLKEthereum Donation Address: 0xfd2bbe86d6070004b9Cbf682aB2F25170046A996

People in this episode

Host: Hermitix

Guest: James Harpur

Topics covered

• poetry
• inspiration
• creativity
• literature
• awards

Keywords

• James Harpur
• poet
• inspiration
• Dazzling Darkness
• awards

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Hurst Publishers

Books & works: Dazzling Darkness

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