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Total number of records: 21

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Leeds Poetry21
Brotherton Collection18
English Literature18

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SubjectCount
interviews21
clippings (books, newspapers, etc.)5
correspondence5
poetry readings4
books reviews3
creative writing scholarships,2
poetics2
poets as teachers2
universities and colleges united2
autobiography1

Count of People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)6
Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)5
British Broadcasting Corporation1
British Council1
Brown, Wayne1
Redgrove, Peter (1932-2003)1
Various1

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Hill: Poets on Poetry

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

1963-1986

This file contains items relating to reviews and interviews by Hill. Includes: - an offprint of Hill's review article Robert Lowell: Contrasts and Repetitions, from Essays in Criticism, vol. 13 no. ...

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Poetry Now and Other Scripts

British Broadcasting Corporation

c.1974-1981

Papers relating to radio broadcasts by Jon Silkin, mainly for the BBC's 'Poetry Now' programme. Includes ms and annotated ts drafts of a script for a broadcast on Australian poetry (ca. 1975); ts and ...

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The Poet Speaks (Various)

Various

c.1964-1966

Audio recordings of interviews with 8 poets conducted by Hilary Smith and Peter Orr as part of the British Council's 'The Poet Speaks' series.[Side1; Interview 1]: Hilary Smith interviews Martin Bell ...

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The Poet Speaks : Peter Redgrove

Redgrove, Peter (1932-2003)

c.1960-1963

Audio recording of an interview with Peter Redgrove conducted by Peter Orr as part of the British Council's 'The Poet Speaks' series. Subjects discussed include the point of writing poetry; the value ...

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Letters to Jon Silkin

21 October 1975 - 22 October 1979

2 ms letters to Jon Silkin from Gladys Mary Coles. Coles writes in her capacity as poetry critic for BBC Radio Merseyside, and as editor of the poetry magazine 'Meridian.'

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Interview with Jon Silkin

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1984-1986

Photocopy of a typed transcript of an interview with Jon Silkin conducted by an unknown interviewer, with Silkin's ms corrections/annotations/revisions. The interview was undertaken shortly before a p...

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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...

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Hill: Readings and Interviews

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

c.1967-1981

This file chiefly contains items relating to readings and interviews by Geoffrey Hill. Includes: - a clipping of an interview with Hill conducted by Eunice de Souza (The Times of India, 25 February ...

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Artists of the North: Jon Silkin, Poet

1981

Documentary film made by Carlise firm Aidanvision in conjunction with Northern Arts, directed by Roy Thompson and produced by Rodney Pybus. Recorded on location in Newcastle and Carlisle.Rodney Pybus ...

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Interview on Translation

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1983-1992

Typescript letter to Silkin from Lyuben Lyubenov, accompanying a list of 22 questions on translating poetry [late 1983?]; carbon copy typescript of Silkin's responses (3 December 1983); and a photocop...

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Interviews with Fresco and Menascé

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1988-1989

Audio recording made by Silkin of his responses to questions from Gaby Fresco [Gaby Petrone Fresco] on the poetry of Isaac Rosenberg. Discusses Rosenberg's stoicism; his playlet Moses; his attitude an...

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Mixed Prose and Criticism (5)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1953-1970

Ms and typescript drafts of essay/article concerning the use/role of poetry (Lorna Tracy's ms comments on the ts draft); ms draft chapter (?) on Siegfried Sassoon (probably for 'Out of Battle'); annot...

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