# Small-talk emergency kit: who the heck is Anne Carson?

An episode of [Secret Life of Books](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1755803199), 9 Oct 2026, 21 min.

Audio: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/679c3267811ecd43a9f19b7a/e/6ac87bd729b9fbfbe2c03a9f/media.mp3

If you're wondering who this Anne Carson person is who just won the Nobel Prize, then SLoB is here to help. In this punchy 20-minute primer, we give you all the vital statistics and some choice extracts from Carson's poetry so you can sparkle and shine when her name comes up - as it surely must - at the weekend dinner table/pub/supermarket queue. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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