Karen Solie on Tomas Tranströmer's Selected Poems
In Conversation with Michael Kelleher for the Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast
The Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast features a series of conversations with past and present Windham-Campbell Prize winners about their favorite books and plays. Hosted by Michael Kelleher.
Karen Solie, recipient of a 2026 Windham-Campbell Prize for Poetry, talks with prize director Michael Kelleher about Nobel laureate Tomas Tranströmer’s Selected Poems.
Born in 1966, the poet Karen Solie grew up on her family farm in Saskatchewan, Canada. Over her decades-long career, Solie has published six books of poetry, including, most recently, Wellwater (2025), The Caiplie Caves (2019), and The Road In Is Not the Same Road Out (2015). A 2023 Guggenheim Fellow and recipient of the Martyn Lynch-Staunton Award from the Canada Council for the Arts (2016), Solie teaches at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland.
The Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast is a program of The Windham-Campbell Prizes, which are administered by Yale University Library’s Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast
The Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast features a series of conversations with past and present winners of the Windham-Campbell Prizes about books and plays that they love, hosted by prize director Michael Kelleher. The Windham-Campbell Prizes are administered by Yale University Library’s Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. The podcast is a co-production between The Windham-Campbell Prizes and Literary Hub. Hosted by Michael Kelleher. Production & Engineering by Drew Broussard. Music by Dani Lencioni.
