After years of scandal, Philip Larkin finally has a spot in Poets’ Corner
One of English poetry’s most recognisable voices has been memorialised in Westminster Abbey.
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Friday essay: why literary celebrity is a double-edged sword
Bob Dylan is now a literary celebrity. And next week, the Booker Prize judges will anoint another. The tag is still chiefly attached to men but women authors shouldn't despair: fame and good writing can be uneasy bedfellows.
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