1970s: History and Liberation
A Diversity of Voices In the 1960s the BBC’s poetry programming opened itself up to the world. In the following decade, it discovered a far greater diversity of voices within the UK itself ...
A Diversity of Voices In the 1960s the BBC’s poetry programming opened itself up to the world. In the following decade, it discovered a far greater diversity of voices within the UK itself ...
The New School In 1950, the British literary magazine Nine asked its readers whether ‘the BBC and the literary periodicals are carrying out their responsibilities to poetry’. The readers replied ...
A Different Kind of War The war renewed debate about poetry in public life. In 1941, the weekly BBC magazine The Listener asked Robert Graves (‘as a war poet’) to explain why the war had produced ...
Modern Poetry and the Pylon Poets In 1936 W.B. Yeats was invited by the BBC to give its 18th National Lecture, on the subject of ‘Modern Poetry’. During the broadcast he confessed that he ...
Richard Berengarten Distinctions, etc. 1961 ― The Transatlantic Review, prize in national short story competition 1962 ― Co-founded Oxbridge student magazine Carcanet 1969 ― Arts Council ...
To celebrate Pride and the publication of 100 Queer Poems, edited by Andrew McMillan and Mary Jean Chan, ‘Speak its name’ is a collection of contemporary and twentieth-century voices by queer ...
YOUR FEEDBACK CAN HELP TO SECURE OUR FUTURE IN JUST 5 MINUTES As a charity, the Poetry Archive wouldn’t be here without raising funds – but did you know your feedback can also help us to ...
Poets Rachel Long and Inua Ellams discuss how Inua names his poems, his writing process, and why he cherishes language. Listen to the conversation here or read the transcript. ...
Nick Makoha talks to Malika Booker, Keith Jarrett and Raymond Antrobus about their inspirations and what keeps them going as poets. Listen to the audio of their conversations here, or read the ...
Notes from our Director, Dr Tracey Guiry When a poet dies without being recorded, a unique voice and slice of social history is lost forever and that loss is felt more keenly as time passes. Our ...