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PJ Harvey on how she turned her epic poem 'Orlam' into a potent new album

All Songs Considered

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The Collapse of Time and Space, Blurring of Genders, Life and Death

The book Orlam is my second collection of poetry. It took me eight years to write. It's basically a year in the life of a nine-year-old in a rural part of England. And it's fantastical, nonsensical, but sensical at the same time. A mixture of seriousness and humour and also dialect which adds another layer to the meaning of everything.

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