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In this special edition of The Verb as part of Radio 3鈥檚 鈥楧ylan Thomas Day鈥�, recorded in front of an audience at Laugharne,聽Ian McMillan, Glyn Maxwell and Gwyneth Lewis read extracts from Dylan Thomas鈥檚 鈥楢ltarwise by Owl-Light鈥�.

Gwyneth Lewis is the former National Poet of Wales, a novelist, memoirist and playwright who writes in both Welsh and English. Gwyneth shares with us her work in progress, 鈥楢dvantages of the Older Man鈥� (Seren) a novella which features the ghost of Dylan Thomas. Gwyneth explains her inspiration for the book, and explores the 鈥榩hysicality鈥� of Thomas鈥檚 poetry.

The poet and playwright Glyn Maxwell grew up with Dylan Thomas鈥檚 language; his mother was in an early stage version of 鈥楿nder Milk Wood鈥� with Richard Burton. Glyn talks about the 鈥榬ootedness鈥� evoked by 鈥楿nder Milk Wood鈥� and how that compares with his experience of growing up in the 鈥榥ew town鈥� of Welwyn Garden City. He reads an extract from radio play which will explore the idea of Welwyn Garden City 鈥榓s someone鈥檚 dream鈥�, and explains the influence of 鈥楿nder Milk Wood鈥� on this piece of writing.聽

The singer-songwriter Gruff Rhys鈥� ( formerly of The Super Furry Animals) latest project is 鈥楢merican Interior鈥�. An ambitious project, it is an album, a book, a film and an app. In 鈥楢merican Interior鈥�, Gruff follows in the footsteps of his ancestor John Evans, who travelled America in the 18th century in search of a lost tribe of Welsh-speaking Native Americans. He explains why he鈥檚 brought a John Evans puppet with him to the recording, and talks about the soundtrack he鈥檚 written for a new film about Dylan Thomas called 鈥楽et Fire to the Stars鈥�.

Peter Finch is a poet, critic, and author who writes in both traditional and experimental forms. His latest book is 'Edging the Estuary' (Seren)