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Last broadcast on Fri, 22 May 2009, 23:00 on BBC Radio 3 (see all broadcasts).
Synopsis
Series in which contemporary poets discuss writers whose work has influenced their own.
Fred D'Aguiar, a poet, playwright and novelist who was born in Britain and spent his childhood in Guyana before returning to the UK, talks about Wilson Harris, a Guyanese-born writer, who sets much of his work in that country.
D'Aguiar illustrates his essay with excerpts from books by Harris as well as poetry of his own.
Broadcasts
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Fri 5 Dec 200823:00
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Fri 22 May 200923:00
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