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Podcast: Electronically Yours with Martyn Ware
Episode: EP226: Mike Garry
Description: Today’s episode features multi-talented Mancunian poet Mike Garry.
Mike began by reading his own poems to the hundreds of young people who attended his Library Homework Centre. They loved what they heard and encouraged him to perform them at live poetry events and Slams, which he did, instantly winning fans and prizes throughout the UK. His gritty poetry has won admiration far and wide and his collaboration with Joe Duddell and New Order in New Yorks Carnegie Hall in 2014 received five-star reviews.
Championed by Philip Glass for whom Mike has written a libretto that premiered at the 2015 Days and Ni...