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Total number of records: 7

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Leeds Poetry7
English Literature1

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poetry themes, motives2
american poetry1
english poetry1

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Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)3
Kirkup, James (1918-2009)1
Redgrove, Peter (1932-2003)1
University of Leeds. School of English1

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George MacBeth: Poems

April 1967

Audio recording made in the Leeds Poetry Room under the auspices of the British Council. The recording consists of George MacBeth reading poems from his collections 'The Broken Places' (1963), 'A Doom...

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Copy Recording: Poems

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

[c.1963-1966]

This audiocassette comprises copies of audio recordings originally held on reel-to-reel tape. Side 1 is a copy of Poetry Room tape MS 1720/2/60, a British Council recording made in 1966 of Jon Silkin ...

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Contemporary Poets Reading Their Own Poems

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

15 September 1966

Copy of an audio recording made by the British Council of Jon Silkin reading his own poems. The recording was made in Newcastle (where Silkin was resident at the time). Silkin announces and introduces...

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Jon Silkin: Poems

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

25 October 1963

Audio recording made for the Leeds Poetry Room of Jon Silkin (Gregory Fellow in Poetry 1958-1960) reading poems from his collections 'The Peaceable Kingdom' (1954), 'The Two Freedoms' (1958), 'The Re-...

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James Kirkup: Poems

Kirkup, James (1918-2009)

c.1960

Audio recording made by the British Council of James Kirkup (Gregory Fellow in Poetry, 1950-1952) reading poems from his collections 'A Correct Compassion' (1952), 'A Spring Journey' (1954), 'The Desc...

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Peter Redgrove: New Poems

Redgrove, Peter (1932-2003)

12 November 1964

Audio recording made for the Leeds Poetry Room during Redgrove's tenure of the Gregory Fellowship in Poetry. The recording begins with a speaker announcement: Redgrove gives his name, the date of reco...

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Poetry Room, University of Leeds School of English, correspondence and papers

University of Leeds. School of English

1950-1990

This collection comprises papers and audio recordings relating to the Poetry Room, formerly part of the School of English at the University of Leeds. It incorporates correspondence and other papers re...

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