Maggie Speaks With Olivia Harrison (George Harrison's Widow) Regarding Her New Poetry Book Came The Lightening: Twenty Poems For George

Came the Lightening: Twenty Poems for George By Olivia HarrisonMaggie goes in-depth about Olivia's reason for celebrating her husband, George Harrison, 20 years after his passing with a book of poems for him. Olivia also reads from her timeless and beautiful tribute to George. 'Here on the shore, twenty years later, my message in a bottle has reached dry land. Words about our life, his death but mostly love and our journey to the end.' – Olivia HarrisonOlivia Harrison presents Came the Lightening, a book of twenty poems dedicated to George, marking the twentieth year since his passing.The poetry is accompanied by a selection of photographs and mementos curated by Olivia.Martin Scorsese, a long-time friend, and director of the 2011 documentary, George Harrison: Living in the Material World, writes:“Olivia evokes the most fleeting gestures and instants, plucked from the flow of time and memory and felt through her choice of words and the overall rhythm.“She might have done an oral history or a memoir. Instead, she composed a work of poetic autobiography.”Source: https://www.genesis-publications.com/book/9781905662814/came-the-lighteningSource: https://www.oliviaharrison.comThis episode is from an archive from the KPFK program Profiles adapted for podcast.Host Maggie LePique, a radio veteran since the 1980's at NPR in Kansas City Mo. She began her radio career in Los Angeles in the early 1990's and has worked for Pacifica station KPFK Radio in Los Angeles since 1994.Send us Fan MailSupport the show@profileswithmaggielepique@maggielepique