The Poetry Society

Jacob Polley, winner of the T.S. Eliot Prize 2016, talks to Kayo Chingonyi, co-editor of the autumn issue of The Poetry Review, about his Eliot prize-winning collection, Jackself. “The self is at the root of all my work, but maybe my work springs from the tension between self-expression and concealment, of running the self through a magic lantern and seeing what comes out the other side,” Polley says. They discuss Polley’s recent collaborations with musician John Alder, the influence of Cumbria or the ‘Debatable Lands’ in which he grew up, acceptance and rejection, and of working with his editor Don Paterson. Jacob also reads the poem ‘Snow Dad’, first published in The Poetry Review. To connect with more poetry, visit poetrysociety.org.uk