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Aldeburgh Poetry Festival 2011: nine good things, one potentially very bad, and one a bit scary

14 years ago by Katherine Ruby 0 comment
1.  Timing.  Early November, the first full weekend of dark afternoons: its grimness is wiped out by a bright glow in my diary.  Could there be a better time for a poetry festival? ...

Catching your Breath by Christine Webb

14 years ago by Katherine Ruby 0 comment
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Quality and quantity in poetry; Tomas Transtr�mer

14 years ago by Katherine Ruby 0 comment
Among all the stuff (and nonsense, some of it) written about Tomas Transtr�mer�s Nobel Prize win was a reference to his fairly modest output.  New Collected Poems translated by Robin Fulton (1997) contains...

Writing poetry: quotations

14 years ago by Katherine Ruby 0 comment
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