Wie geht's? - Kultur in Zeiten der Transformation Wendy Cope - Poet
Poetry, so it seemed in more than one of this podcast’s past conversations, has gained attention in the pandemic, as a number of people have turned to poems to find focus, solace, entertainment and inspiration, to name but a few ways to appreciate poetry. So it is high time that we have a poet as a guest in this podcast – and we are honoured that Wendy Cope has agreed to join in for today’s episode.
Wendy Cope has worked for fifteen years as a primary-school teacher in London. Her first collection of poems, Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis, was published in 1986 and became an immediate bestseller. Her 2011 collection of poems Family Values has been chosen amongst the Telegraph’s "15 Best Poetry Books of All Times", and her most recent collection Anecdotal Evidence was published in 2018. Wendy has kindly agreed to read two poems from this book in today’s podcast. She has received numerous awards and edited a number of wonderful collections of poetry, amongst them a collection Funny Side of 101 humorous poems. A great entry point into her work is provided by the collection: Two Cures for Love with selected poems of hers from 1979-2006.