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Ep 237: Omar Sakr on poetry, fiction and the perception of both
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Omar Sakr is the author of three poetry collections, Non-Essential Work (2023), The Lost Arabs (2019), These Wild Houses (2017). His first novel, Son of Sin (2022) was shortlisted for the Indie Book Awards.
Omar performs 'Iris', a poem from his latest collection, at the 6:30 mark.
The Lost Arabs won the 2020 Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Poetry and was shortlisted for the NSW Premier’s Literary Award, the John Bray Poetry Award, the Judith Wright Calanthe Award, and the Colin Roderick Award. Omar is a widely published essayist and editor whose work has been translated into Arabic and Spanish.
Omar last appeared on The Garret in 2002 after Son of Sin was published. Listen here.
Read the transcript for this interview here.
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Follow The Garret: Writing and Publishing and our host Astrid Edwards on Instagram.
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Manage episode 364850930 series 2279058
Omar Sakr is the author of three poetry collections, Non-Essential Work (2023), The Lost Arabs (2019), These Wild Houses (2017). His first novel, Son of Sin (2022) was shortlisted for the Indie Book Awards.
Omar performs 'Iris', a poem from his latest collection, at the 6:30 mark.
The Lost Arabs won the 2020 Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Poetry and was shortlisted for the NSW Premier’s Literary Award, the John Bray Poetry Award, the Judith Wright Calanthe Award, and the Colin Roderick Award. Omar is a widely published essayist and editor whose work has been translated into Arabic and Spanish.
Omar last appeared on The Garret in 2002 after Son of Sin was published. Listen here.
Read the transcript for this interview here.
About The Garret
Follow The Garret: Writing and Publishing and our host Astrid Edwards on Instagram.
Explore our back catalogue (and transcripts) at thegarretpodcast.com.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
157 episodes
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