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UA Poetry Center, National Endowment For The Arts
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Modern Languages Auditorium
Dannie Abse
Dannie Abse reads from Tenants of the House: Poems 1951-1956 (1957), Funland and Other Poems (1973), Way Out in the Centre (1981), and New and Collected Poems (2003).
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Welcome and Introduction
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by Lois Shelton
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"Emperors of the Island"
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Abse, Dannie. Tenants of the House: Poems 1951-1956. London: Hutchinson, 1957.
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"The Trial"
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Abse, Dannie. Tenants of the House: Poems 1951-1956. London: Hutchinson, 1957.
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"Elegy for Dylan Thomas"
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Differs from published version.
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Abse, Dannie. Tenants of the House: Poems 1951-1956. London: Hutchinson, 1957.
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"Mysteries"
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Abse, Dannie. Funland and Other Poems. New York: Oxford University Press, 1973.
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"A Night Out"
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Abse, Dannie. New and Collected Poems. London: Hutchinson, 2003.
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"Florida"
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Abse, Dannie. New and Collected Poems. London: Hutchinson, 2003.
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"Cousin Sidney"
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Abse, Dannie. New and Collected Poems. London: Hutchinson, 2003.
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"The death of aunt Alice"
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Abse, Dannie. Funland and Other Poems. New York: Oxford University Press, 1973.
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"Pathology of Colours"
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Abse, Dannie. New and Collected Poems. London: Hutchinson, 2003.
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"Not Beautiful"
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Abse, Dannie. New and Collected Poems. London: Hutchinson, 2003.
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"In the theatre"
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Abse, Dannie. Funland and Other Poems. New York: Oxford University Press, 1973.
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"My mother was busy telling Joan..."
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Unpublished.
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"A winter visit"
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Abse, Dannie. Way Out in the Centre. London: Hutchinson, 1981.
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"Lunch with a pathologist" and "No reply"
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Published version bears the title "Lunch and Afterwards."
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Abse, Dannie. Way Out in the Centre. London: Hutchinson, 1981.
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Sections from "Jottings"
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"Leisure," "Seekers after truth," "Don Juan reports," "Inspiration," and "Transgression"
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Abse, Dannie. Way Out in the Centre. London: Hutchinson, 1981.
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"Snake"
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Abse, Dannie. Way Out in the Centre. London: Hutchinson, 1981.
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"Last words"
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Abse, Dannie. Way Out in the Centre. London: Hutchinson, 1981.
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