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The highly popular Under the Influence series, where one poet looks at the influence another poet has had on their work.

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Archive listings for Under the Influence (2008)

Work type: Poetry.

Yang Lian under the influence of Ezra Pound - T0699624777

How could an American poet influence a Chinese poet? Not only influence his writing in general, but influence him to develop his understanding of Chinese, his native language? Chinese poet Yang Lian will discuss not only the influence of one poet on another but one poetic culture on another. This event is part of China Now.Producer The Poetry Society. Performer Anne-Marie Fyfe (host).
16 Jul 08Arts Theatre, West End :: V167
listing details L01712335538

Lemn Sissay under the influence of the Liverpool Poets - T779199008

Lemn Sissay was born in 1967, the year The Mersey Sound was first published, but he wasn't given a copy until 15 years later when his head teacher spotted his burgeoning talent. Within its pages Lemn found the confirmation he had been looking for, that poetry should be for the people, by the people. It is a beat he has worked to ever since.Producer The Poetry Society. Performer Anne-Marie Fyfe (host).
26 Jun 08Arts Theatre, West End :: V167
listing details L01728094430

Robert Minhinnick under the influence of Derek Walcott - T771567359

West Indian poet Derek Walcott’s collection Sea Grapes inspired Welsh poet, Robert Minhinnick to explore his own language and landscape and find that the ‘bwlch’ and ‘gwter’ of his ‘own scrap of coast’ could be poetic.Producer The Poetry Society. Performer Anne-Marie Fyfe (host).
22 May 08Arts Theatre, West End :: V167
listing details L0293423959

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