Andrew Motion

Chair Of The Booker Prize Judges Andrew Motion Discusses The Shortlist

The Guardian | Andrew Motion | Posted 05.25.2011

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And how would I characterise this "best"? By all the means that sound familiar, but make their material strange. Good writing (adventurous as well as ...

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Are We Teaching Poetry The Right Way?

John Lundberg | Posted 11.17.2011

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Former British poet laureate Andrew Motion ruffled some feathers last week when he complained to the press about how educators teach poetry.

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Carol Ann Duffy: UK's First Openly Gay Poet Laureate

AP | JILL LAWLESS | Posted 05.25.2011

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LONDON — The centuries-old post of British poet laureate, bard to kings and queens, has been held by William Wordsworth, Alfred Lord Tennyson an...

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Britain's Poet Laureate Has Writer's Block

John Lundberg | Posted 11.17.2011

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British poet laureate Andrew Motion is planning to resign next year. And while he has long professed his desire to leave the lifetime appointment ear...

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