Counter-Currents Radio Podcast No. 67
Labors of Love:
Greg Johnson interviews Juleigh
Howard-Hobson on Poetry & Life
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Greg Johnson interviews poetess Juleigh Howard-Hobson, author of “I do not belong to the Baader-Meinhof Group” and Other Poems [4]. Topics discussed include:
- Juleigh’s life in England, Australia, and the United States
- How she came to write poetry
- Formalist vs. non-formalist poetry
- Her favorite poets: Shelley, Keats, A. E. Housman
- Contemporary favorites: Xenia Sunic, Leo Yankevich, Joseph Salemi
- Not so favorite poets: Pound, Larkin, Yeats
- World War I and anti-war poems
- How Juleigh writes poems
- Asatru and European heathenism in general
- The role of ritual and religious community
- Dealing with alienation from the modern world
- Sustainable living
- Homeschooling her three children
- Why college education is a waste of money and time
- Doing what one loves
- Ravenshalla Arts: the Hobsons’ publishing imprint