Three Things That Matter with Ann Blake | Guest: Dr. Lauren McNamara

In episode 3 of the second series, Ann speaks to poet. playwright and performer,  Dr. Lauren McNamara. Lauren's three things bring the listener on a journey that includes unusual airport luggage, new pandemic skills and a small object with huge significance.   Dr. Lauren McNamara is a poet, playwright, researcher and librarian from Limerick Ireland. She has won numerous awards for performance poetry and playwrighting including the Yeats Tower Slam, the Munster Slam, the Galway Fringe Spoken Word Award and the Limerick Fringe Spirit of the Fringe Award. Her work has been published widely and has appeared on television and radio. She is a former Dromineer and Nenagh Literary Festival writer in residence. In 2019 she spent three months studying in Columbia University in New York City on an Erasmus+ Scholarship where she gave a guest lecture on performance poetry workshops in schools.