In honour of the much-loved and respected poet, editor, publisher and teacher, Ron Pretty AM (1940-2023), 3CR Spoken Word runs a program from its archive from 2022 in which friends of Ron Pretty and fellow poets Kevin Brophy and Alex Skovron discuss the poetry of and read poems from Ron Pretty's last collection of poetry, 101 POEMS. The collection contains poems from Ron Pretty's earlier collections and chapbooks, plus a selection of new poems, and is published by Pitt Street Poetry. Friend and poet Peter Frankis, who launched 101 POEMS in 2022, reads Ron Pretty's reflections on his life in poetry provided by Ron especially for Spoken Word.

A biography of Ron Pretty is available here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Pretty(link is external)

Vale Ron Pretty from Rochford Street Review is available here: https://rochfordstreetreview.com/2023/07/05/vale-ron-pretty/(link is external)

Peter Frankis's launch speech of Ron Pretty's 101 POEMS can be found here: https://peterfrankiswrites.blog/.../22/vale-ron-pretty-am/(link is external)

Ron Pretty's 101 POEMS is available online from Pitt Street poetry: https://pittstreetpoetry.com/poet_category/101-poems/(link is external)

Tune in to 855 AM or livestream 3cr.org.au

Production and Interviews: Tina Giannoukos