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From the Archives: Peter Porter on The Cost of Seriousness, 1978

From the Archives: Peter Porter on The Cost of Seriousness, 1978

PBS Staff

Peter Porter writes about his 1978 collection The Cost of Seriousness, republished by the PBS.

From the Archives: Elizabeth Bartlett

From the Archives: Elizabeth Bartlett

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Elizabeth Bartlett's poem 'Surgery' from the 1975 PBS Bulletin.

From the Archives: Seamus Heaney on North, 1975

From the Archives: Seamus Heaney on North, 1975

PBS Staff

Seamus Heaney writes about his collection North in the 1975 PBS Bulletin.

From the Archives: Philip Larkin

From the Archives: Philip Larkin

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From the Archives: Philip Larkin's 'A Life with a Hole in it'

From the Archives: Elizabeth Jennings

From the Archives: Elizabeth Jennings

PBS Staff

A poem by Elizabeth Jennings, published in the PBS Bulletin in 1974.

Roy Davids on poetry collecting

Roy Davids on poetry collecting

Roy Davids

Roy Davids on how one begins as a collector, selects an area for collecting and why and then how a collection is formed.