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