Colm T贸ib铆n
Colm T贸ib铆n chooses Elizabeth Bishop's Poem
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Books include The Blackwater Lightship, The Master, The Testament of Mary, and Brooklyn, which won the 2009 Costa Novel Award.
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Poem by Elizabeth Bishop
Colm T贸ib铆n chooses a poem by Elizabeth Bishop (1911 - 1979) called Poem. Bishop was the American Poet Laureate 1949-1950 and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1956.
The first line of Poem聽is "About the size of an old-style dollar bill..."
From the Archive
Elizabeth Bishop
Elizabeth Bishop reads her poem Crusoe in England. Plus the poet Paul Farley.
Image courtesy of Vassar College Archives & Special Collections Library, New York
From A Foreigner Everywhere 29 Apr 2012
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Lavinia Greenlaw travels to Great Village in Nova Scotia to聽visit聽Bishop's house. 聽
From Sunday Feature 18 Nov 2007
Family
Bishop's cousin recalls an eventful family visit from the poet.
Image courtesy of Vassar College Archives & Special Collections Library, New York
From Sunday Feature 18 Nov 2007
William Boyd
William Boyd talks about his fascination with the work of Elizabeth Bishop.
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Colm T贸ib铆n talks to Kirsty Lang about the inspiration for his stories.
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