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The Living Poet
Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)
1965-1979
3 photocopies of the script as recorded for the BBC's Third Network programme 'The Living Poet', written and read by Geoffrey Hill (14 ff), and broadcast on 5 September 1965. One copy includes ms anno...
Joy of Living Festival
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
September
Programme for the Joy of Living Festival at Darling Downs Institute of Advanced Education, Queensland, September 1974, including 5 performances of 'The People.' The performances took place during Silk...
Poems and Drafts (1)
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
c.1954-1958
Typescript copies and drafts of 4 poems published in 'The Two Freedoms'. The poems are: 'Furnished Lives', 'For Two Children', 'Death of a Bird', and 'The Shirt'. All undated.
Interviews
Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)
1964-c.1981
Papers relating to interviews conducted with Geoffrey Hill, including radio interviews broadcast by the BBC on programmes Poetry Today and The Living Poet, and interviews conducted by Blake Morrison a...
David and Pippa Wright
c. 1971 - 1986
Letters and cards addressed to Harrison from David Wright, mostly written whilst living in Cumbria. Early correspondence occasionally annotated by Pippa Wright. The file also includes one draft of a l...
Poems
c.1964-1965
This file contains ts poems by M. Owen (2 ff.): - Children Eating in Summer - All That Live - Figsbury Ring - Tea-Planter's Widow in Hospital - On Getting Away From It All (Walking in the Countr...
The Life That Is Marriage: Drafts and Workings
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
1989
Ms and typescript drafts and workings of the poem 'The Life That is Marriage,' including drafts titled 'Possessed: The Lives of Mr and Mrs Julius,'
Letters to Thomas Blackburn
Barker, George (1913-1991)
c.1961
This file contains correspondence from the poet George Barker, who was a friend of Thomas Blackburn. He was invited by Blackburn to give a lecture at Leeds University during Blackburn's tenure of the ...
Poem Drafts and Workings (5)
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
1989-1991
Photocopied tss of a poem beginning 'To die, for Satan's foundry, whose slave angels ...;' ms and typescript drafts and workings for the poem 'Grass' (including drafts titled 'One Grass'); and ms and ...
Jarmila Emmerova
c. 1965 - 1990
Letters and cards addressed to Harrison from Jarmila Emmerova, a Czech translator, then living in Prague. The file includes a photocopy of the score for Petr Eben's 'Three Quiet Songs' with Emmerova's...
Letters to and from Jon Silkin
October 1993 - 14 May 1995
3 word-processed letters and 1 fax from Taylor Mignon, poet and editor of the literary newsletter 'Living Room,' to Jon Silkin; and 1 carbon copy typescript letter from Silkin to Mignon. Mignon's lett...