EPISODE · Jul 12, 2026 · 6 MIN
Fifty years in the making: Michael Gould debuts his poetry collection
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Michael Gould has spent 50 years working up to his first poetry collection. The Canadian-born Wellington writer turned down an academic career in the 70s, published a book on surrealism in cinema, traveled for decades, and arrived in New Zealand at 40. Perverse Verse is what he calls light verse with a black edge, satirical and reflective in equal measure. He joins Culture 101 to explain what perverse means in this context, and reads his poem Fame.
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Michael Gould has spent 50 years working up to his first poetry collection. The Canadian-born Wellington writer turned down an academic career in the 70s, published a book on surrealism in cinema, traveled for decades, and arrived in New Zealand at 40. Perverse Verse is what he calls light verse with a black edge, satirical and reflective in equal measure. He joins Culture 101 to explain what perverse means in this context, and reads his poem Fame.
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