Oxford Poetry Professorship Creates Controversy As Last Female Candidate Withdraws

The Guardian:

Last year Nobel laureate Derek Walcott pulled out of the election for Oxford professor of poetry; now the only woman standing in this year's contest, poet Paula Claire, has withdrawn in protest over what she is describing as "serious flaws" in the election process that she believes have pushed best-known candidate Geoffrey Hill ahead of all other contenders.

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