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University of East Anglia's Archives / Doris Lessing/ British Archive for Contemporary Writing / Towards a Centre for Contemporary Poetry www.uea.ac.uk/bacw
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Register by 17/11 for a FREE event with Jay Bernard, Joelle Taylor, Anthony Vahni Capildeo & Gail McConnell. In person at UEA & via livestream. They will read & discuss brand new work as part of our project: Towards a Centre for Contemporary Poetry in the Archive >> tinyurl.com/uncollectedp...
A flyer for a poetry event on 22 November at UEA and via livestream. Picture of the poets: Anthony Vahni Capildeo, Joelle Taylor, Jay Bernard and Gail McConnell
November 13, 2023 at 5:10 PM
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Happy birthday to Doris Lessing, the only British woman to win the Nobel Prize for literature. It's a decade since her death. This week a new generation of students were reading letters from the vast archive of correspondence and working papers she donated to the University of East Anglia.
A typed envelope from a 1940s love letter written by Doris Lessing who is pictured right in the late 1990s.
October 22, 2023 at 6:35 PM
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Join us at UEA on 22/11 to celebrate the launch of archive collections from four dazzling voices in contemporary poetry: Jay Bernard, Anthony Vahni Capildeo, Gail McConnell & Joelle Taylor. All will read & be in conversation with Will Harris. Register: tinyurl.com/uncollectedp... #nationalpoetryday
A flyer invitation to the launch of four poetry archives at the University of East Anglia. The poets show are: Anthony Vahni Capildeo, Joelle Taylor, Jay Bernard and Gail McConnell
October 5, 2023 at 9:00 PM