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Poetry International 70

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George Macbeth introduces an illustrated report on the recent Poetry Book Society Festival at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, including readings of verse in their own languages by ten poets from Australia, Great Britain, Hungary, Mexico, Nigeria, and the United States: W.H. Auden, Thom Gunn, Carolyn Kizer, Octavio Paz, Peter Porter, Wole Soyinka, Stephen Spender, Allen Tate, Sandor Weores, and Tennessee Williams.

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George MacBeth
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Queen Elizabeth Hall.
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W. H. Auden.
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Thom Gunn
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Carolyn Kizer
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Octayio Paz
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Peter Porter
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Wole Soyinka
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Stephen Spender
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Allen Tate
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Sandor Weores
Source: Radio Times

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