Instagram poet Yrsa Daley-Ward on her new memoir The Terrible
Yrsa Daley-Ward explains why Instagram is the perfect medium for poetry and discusses her new memoir, The Terrible.
Originally published on July 3, 2018
Yrsa Daley-Ward is a poet who's gained a huge online following. She's at the forefront of a new wave of poets on Instagram, sometimes called "Insta poets," whose work can make you stop mindlessly scrolling and linger on a few perfectly chosen words and ideas.
She dropped by the q studio to talk to Tom Power about her new memoir called The Terrible, which is about her childhood and experiences discovering her own sexuality.
Click the listen link above to hear the full conversation with Daley-Ward.
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