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Greg Johnson interviews poetess Juleigh Howard-Hobson, author of “I do not belong to the Baader-Meinhof Group” and Other Poems. Topics discussed include:

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• Juleigh’s life in England, Australia, and the United States
  
• How she came to write poetry
  
• Formalist vs. non-formalist poetry
  
• Her favorite poets: Shelley, Keats, A. E. Housman
  
• Contemporary favorites: Xenia Sunic, Leo Yankevich, Joseph Salemi
  
• Not so favorite poets: Pound, Larkin, Yeats
  
• World War I and anti-war poems
  
• How Juleigh writes poems
  
• Asatru and European heathenism in general
  
• The role of ritual and religious community
  
• Dealing with alienation from the modern world
  
• Sustainable living
  
• Homeschooling her three children
  
• Why college education is a waste of money and time
  
• Doing what one loves
  
• Ravenshalla Arts: the Hobsons’ publishing imprint