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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 Dorset Dialect

The Dorset dialect is a nearly lost language and you use it throughout your poetry. In some ways, this recalls for me the work of poets like George McKay Brown or more currently someone like Dorian in Ireland. When I couldn't find the dialect or word for what I needed, then I just made it up. Even Shakespeare invented his own words.

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