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Sleepless Nights

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Ian McMillan and guests examine the language of sleeplessness.

How does AL Kennedy's insomnia inform her prose? Amy Liptrot, author of The Outrun presents excerpts from her diary of motherhoood, there's brand new poetry from Bridget Minnamore on her experience of disordered sleep, and Marina Benjamin on her new book 'Insomnia'

Producer Cecile Wright

Published on Friday, 14th December 2018.

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