'Exposé' is a documentary series produced by Taz Rahman for Just Another Poet: this episode explores Wales's bestknown poet Dylan Thomas with a specific emphasis on the impact of his birthplace upon his works. Some of the questions broached are, where does Dylan Thomas fit in within the modernist pantheon of poetry that started with T S Eliot, and in relation to Dylan's contemporary, W H Auden. Dylan's admiration of Auden's poetry is noted as well as the documented stories of sarcasm such as the instance when he wished Auden 'happy 70th birthday' on his 30th. Dylan's reputation in America in literary and cultural terms is also discussed as David Lloyd and Elizabeth Suggs' are both from the Welsh American diaspora, and former US president Jimmy Carter had personally campaigned to restore the Dylan Thomas birthplace. There is also a tour of the important rooms within the birthplace.

Featuring David Lloyd and Alun Gibbard, and with contributions from Geoff Haden, Elizabeth Suggs, and Lottie Williams. Produced by Taz Rahman. (Please scroll down for individual social media/website links)

Dylan Thomas' birthplace welcomes visitors and there are numerous exciting events planned for 2022 and 2023: https://www.dylanthomasbirthplace.com/

David Lloyd's academic journal article on Dylan Thomas' reputation in America, "Something Terribly UnBritish", can be downloaded from: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ar05...

David Lloyd is a WelshAmerican poet and academic who was a visiting scholar at Cardiff University as part of his Fullbright Fellowship during the planning and filming of this documentary. Details of his poetry collections and other publications are on his website: https://www.davidlloydwriter.com/

Alun Gibbard is a bilingual (Welsh & English) novelist, biographer and presently affiliated to the Dylan Thomas Birthplace. For 26 years he was a broadcast journalist reporting for BBC Wales, ITV and S4C where he interviewed many wellknown figures, including Nobel laureates Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Polish solidarity movement leader and former president Lech Wałęsa. (  / alungibbard1  )

American writer Elizabeth Suggs is part Welsh and has recently completed her creative writing masters at Swansea University as well as an internship with the publisher Seren Books. (  / elizabethasuggs  )

Geoff Haden is an engineer by profession and a lifelong devotee of Dylan Thomas. He is the owner, restorer and present custodian of Dylan Thomas' birthplace (https://www.dylanthomasbirthplace.com/).

Lottie Williams is an emerging nature writer and poet studying for a masters in creative writing at Swansea University. (  / im_lottie_wills  )

Taz Rahman is a Cardiff based poet and literary documentary maker. (  / amonochromdream  )

Just Another Poet is grateful to the Books Council Wales/Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru for supporting this Youtube channel through its 'New Audience Fund 2022' (https://llyfrau.cymru/en/)

Further Attributions:

Many thanks to Geoff Haden for allowing Just Another Poet to use a segment of an interview with former US president Jimmy Carter.

The starting sequence photo of Dylan Thomas is from the poet's Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dylan_T...#


The second Dylan Thomas documentary exploring his Welsh identity is also available for viewing:    • Exposé: The Welshness of Dylan Thomas