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Q: Reading what at moment?
J: Philipp Larkin’s reviews and articles on Jazz. He’s obviously reactionary old...but he’s also got this dry sense of humour that’s in poetry, and for that I can forgive him anything really, just about. A lot of good reactionary stuff about modern art and what a load of bunkum and rubbish it is. Lumps in Pound and Picasso and denounces them all as rubbish. Very refreshing...a hero...should read biography to the end...
Q: Other poets you like?
J: Don’t know - it’s like music. Can’t really narrow it down. Trying to get through Auden stuff, very good. Hardy, obviously. Things I’d expected not to be interested any more after school, but the opposite happened, interest grown.
Q: Do you discuss Thom´s lyrics amongst each other?
J: Yeah, we do. Thom’s proud of lyrics, is keen to have the read and responded to. Interesting, quite exciting to watch it happen.
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