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An investigative podcast hosted by world-renowned literary critic and publishing insider Bethanne Patrick. Book bans are on the rise across America. With the rise of social media, book publishers are losing their power as the industry gatekeepers. More and more celebrities and influencers are publishing books with ghostwriters. Writing communities are splintering because members are at cross purposes about their mission. Missing Pages is an investigative podcast about the book publishing ind ...
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Philip Larkin was terrified of death from an early age; Thomas Hardy contemplated what the neighbours would say after he had gone; and Sylvia Plath imagined her own death in vivid and controversial ways. The genre of self-elegy, in which poets have reflected on their own passing, is a small but eloquent one in the history of English poetry. In this episode, Seamus and Mark consider some of its most striking examples, including Chidiock Tichborne’s laconic lament on the night of his execution in 1586, Jonathan Swift’s breezy anticipation of his posthumous reception, and the more comfortless efforts of 20th-century poets confronting godless extinction.
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Read more in the LRB:
Jacqueline Rose on Plath:
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v24/n16/jacqueline-rose/this-is-not-a-biography
David Runciman on Larkin and his father:
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v43/n03/david-runciman/a-funny-feeling
John Bayley on Larkin
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v05/n08/john-bayley/the-last-romantic
Matthew Bevis on Hardy:
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/n19/matthew-bevis/i-prefer-my-mare
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