Arts·Q with Tom Power

How much money is the planet worth?

Farah Ghafoor joins Q's Tom Power to discuss her debut poetry collection, Shadow Price, which examines the idea of value under the context of climate change and capitalism.

Poet Farah Ghafoor's debut book, Shadow Price, examines the idea of value under climate change and capitalism

A smiling woman wearing over-ear headphones sits in front of a studio microphone.
Farah Ghafoor in the Q studio in Toronto. (Vivian Rashotte/CBC)

Farah Ghafoor is an award-winning Canadian poet whose debut poetry collection, Shadow Price, is about the climate crisis. She sits down with Tom Power to explain the finance term her book is named after, and how she sees the role of the poet during a crisis. She also reads an excerpt from her book called The Last Poet in the World.

The full interview with Farah Ghafoor is available on our podcast, Q with Tom Power. Listen and follow wherever you get your podcasts.


Interview with Farah Ghafoor produced by Cora Nijhawan.