“Poetry is nobody’s business except the poet’s,” wrote Philip Larkin, “and everybody else can fuck off.”
Mmm. Harsh, but fair.
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About a teacher
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I’ve been very lucky with teachers. Chris Brooks, who taught me about Blake
and Dickens. Campbell MacKay, who taught me about Beckett and Stoppard.
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Wonder if he realized how popular such utterances would make him?
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