the british museum reading room poem

Inspiration came in the form of the beautiful Reading Room at the British Museum (a round room with a blue, cream and gold domed ceiling by Sydney Smirke) and the kitchen at Durham Cathedral (a 14th century octagonal room with... from Chaucer, the Medieval writer of The Canterbury Tales, to Shakespeare, the genius who penned plays about star-crossed lovers and prophesizing witches, to Byron, the Romantic poet who was 'mad, bad and dangerous to know'.


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The round reading room of the


Reading Room at the British


I first used the British


British Museum Reading Room


Above: The Reading Room at the

Last Wednesday, March 28, poet Steve Foley gave a reading at the Wean Terrace Room in Mather Hall. Foley is the 2011–2012 winner of the Ogden Poetry Prize and is a published author and teacher... During the last three decades, Foley has given readings at highly-esteemed places such as The New Britain Museum of American Art and the Sunken Garden Poetry Festival. Foley took the time at the reading to not only showcase his work, but to also honor his friend...
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Another of the Norwegian poets / sound artists we are lucky enough to be bringing to London as part of the next Maintenant international reading series, Jenny Hval is one of the most exciting performers, poets and artists emerging in Europe. Rigorously intellectual, poised and determinately... Jenny Hval: Everything I do begins with a sound. Usually, I start by pronouncing a phrase or a word in a room, letting the sound of that determine what will happen next. I may or...
the british museum reading room poem