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Poet Brian Patten explores the life and work of lesser-known or forgotten poets

Lost Voices: Series 1

Lost Voices: Series 1: Episode 1: Harry Fainlight: Soul on Fire

Harry Fainlight: Soul on Fire

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Episode 1: Harry Fainlight: Soul on Fire

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BBC Radio 4 Extra - Lost Voices, Series 1, Harry Fainlight: Soul on Fire

A meeting with the 1960s Beat poets changed young poet Harry Fainlight's life forever.

Harry Fainlight was a young man of rare promise when a trip to America to meet the Beat poets in the early 1960s changed his life forever.

Poet Brian Patten explores the life and work of lesser-known or forgotten poets. 

Harry Fainlight was a young man of rare promise when a trip to America to meet the Beat poets in the early 1960s changed his life forever. Brian discovers a life filled with distress, anxiety, affection and the most beautifully lyrical poetry.

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