Paul Muldoon
The Elizabeth Bishop Centenary Lecture
Location: Curtis Auditorium
Time/Date: 29th September 2011, 18:30
It is 100 years ago this year since Elizabeth Bishop’s birth. Since she died in 1979 her reputation has grown steadily and now eclipses that of most of her contemporaries. She is the poet most often cited by poets in the UK as a major influence; she is revered on both sides of the Atlantic.
We are delighted to be welcoming back Paul Muldoon, widely accepted as the most influential poet born since the war, to give a special lecture, Fire Balloons: The Incendiary Letters of Lowell and Bishop.
The lecture will be preceded by a short film about Bishop’s influence on contemporary poets, and the significance on her writing of her own childhood in Canada. The film has been made by Linda Anderson after a recent trip to Great Village, Nova Scotia, where Bishop lived.
Tickets for this event are priced at £6/£4. You can find tickets for all of our events at our webstore. Alternatively, please contact Melanie Birch for further details: Melanie.Birch@ncl.ac.uk, 0191 222 7619.
Published: 1st September 2011