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Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)LAdd/6046
TitleLetter from Philip [Larkin] (1922-1985, librarian and poet), 32 Pearson Park, Hull to [Dr] Kenneth [Humphreys] (1916-1994, University Librarian), Birmingham University, Edmund Street, Birmingham 3, 22 September. With envelope
Extent2 items
Date1958
DescriptionHe provides a fuller explanation regarding his decision to decline an invitation to speak at the Birmingham English Society. He cites the stammer he developed 'whilst young' as responsible for the 'panic' he experiences when confronted by a 'sea of expectant faces', and, more significantly, the fact that he has 'no theoretical interest in poetry at all'
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