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Bulletin has been published continuously since 1953.
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Don't
Ask Me What I Mean was published in 2003
to celebrate the PBS' 50th anniversary. Clare Brown (PBS Director of the time)
and Don Paterson explored the Bulletin archives and extracted the pithiest
and most revealing poets' articles from 1953 onwards.
The book is a comprehensive
guide to the last 50 years of British poetry - written by the poets themselves.
In this collection of short essays, the reader finds the last words Louis MacNeice
wrote before his death, Ted Hughes on The Hawk in the Rain, Paul Muldoon
on the etymology of 'quoof', Carol Ann Duffy on difficulties with gonks, and Simon
Armitage on the Dead Sea Scrolls - and rare contributions from Seamus Heaney,
Philip Larkin, Kingsley Amis, U A Fanthorpe, Jo Shapcott, Geoffrey Hill, Michael
Donaghy, Elizabeth Jennings and many others. Together they comprise a candid,
funny, intellectually brilliant and deeply personal account of one the most turbulent
and fascinating periods in recent literary history. Unprecedented in its scope
- and its scoops - Don't Ask Me What I Mean is essential reading, both
for the poetry aficionado and for the uninitiated - and provides a unique
insight into some of the most remarkable minds of our time.
Don't Ask Me What I Mean can be ordered from the Poetry Bookshop Online by clicking here. |
