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  Gone to Earth (NHB Modern Plays)...

  Helen Edmundson

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  A vivid, emotional stage version of Mary Webb's novel of rural passion, premiered by Shared Experience Theatre Company.
  Incorporating traditional dances and folk songs, Gone to Earth tells the story of Hazel, an innocent and free-spirited seventeen-year-old child of nature living in rural Shropshire. But when both the wicked squire and the altruistic minister fall in love with her, she is drawn into a world of earthly passions which threatens to destroy her – as simply and relentlessly as a Greek tragedy.
  Helen Edmundson's stage adaptation of Mary Webb's 1917 novel Gone to Earth was first staged by Shared Experience on UK tour in 2004, including performances at the Lyric Hammersmith, London, from May 2004.
  'It takes a special kind of company to follow the award-winning success of After Mrs Rochester with a piece as powerful as this. Long may we share in the experience' - Evening Standard
  'Goes right to the heart of the work, capturing its fervid, glowering atmosphere' - Observer
  'Balancing the real and the dreamlike without losing the authenticity of either, Helen Edmundson has distilled the book into an echo chamber of themes... Mary Webb's novel [is] brought brilliantly to life' - Time Out

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  At Ease on Lethe Wharf

  Helen Coale Crew

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  LibriVox volunteers bring you 18 recordings of At Ease on Lethe Wharf, by Helen Coale Crew. This was the Weekly Poetry project for April 14th, 2013.Helen Coale Crew was an American poet and novelist. Her touching evocation of forgetfulness comes from the Chicago Anthology, published in 1916. Lethe refers to the first river that souls bound for the Elysian Fields, the Heaven of the ancient Greeks, had to cross. Drinking from the river was said to have the effect of expunging all memories.

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  And Yet - Poems

  Kate Baer

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  The second full length poetry collection from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of What Kind of Woman. 
  Kate Baer shot into the literary stratosphere with the publication of her debut poetry collection, What Kind of Woman, which became an instant #1 New York Times bestseller. 
  Kate’s second full-length book of traditional poetry, And Yet, dives deeper into the themes that are the hallmarks of her writing: motherhood, friendship, love, and loss. Taken together, these poems demonstrate the remarkable evolution of a writer working at the height of her craft, pushing herself and her poetry in a beautiful and impressive way. 
  Intimate, evocative, and bold, Kate’s beguiling poetry firmly positions her in the company of Dorianne Laux, Mary Oliver, Maggie Nelson, and other great female poets of our time.

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  Big Big Sky (NHB Modern Plays)

  Tom Wells

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  Kilnsea, East Yorkshire. Angie and Lauren are closing up the café for another winter; the birds have gone south and taken the tourists with them. The last visitor is Dennis, stopping by for his pasty and beans. But there's another arrival – one that's unforeseen and life-changing for them all.
  
  Big Big Sky is a beautifully tender play by Tom Wells, who was originally from Kilnsea. The play explores nature's influence on love, friendship and family – the belief that anyone who's lost can be found, even in the remotest of places. It was premiered at Hampstead Theatre in July 2021, directed by Tessa Walker.

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  Poetry Book Society Spring 2018...

  Alice Kate Mullen

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  The Poetry Book Society was founded by T.S. Eliot in 1953 to "propagate the art of poetry". The Poetry Book Society Spring 2018 Bulletin features a wide range of exciting new poetry publications, reviewed by expert poet selectors Sandeep Parmar, Tim Liardet, George Szirtes, AB Jackson, Denise Saul and Kayo Chingonyi.
  SPRING SELECTIONS January, February, March 2018 Choice: Sophie Collins, Who is Mary Sue? (Faber) Recommendations: Hannah Sullivan - Three Poems (Faber) Robin Robertson - The Long Take (Picador) Phoebe Power - Shrines of Upper Austria (Carcanet) Kaveh Akbar - Calling a Wolf a Wolf (Penguin) Commendation: Laurie Duggan - Selected Poems (Shearsman) Guest Selection: Meryl Pugh – Natural Phenomena (Penned in the Margins) Translation: Luljeta Lleshanaku - Negative Space (Bloodaxe Books)

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  The Poetry of Kabir

  Kabir

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  Kabir, meaning Great and one of the 99 names of God in Arabic, was a mystic and poet, born around 1440 in Varanasi to poor Muslim parents. Another account claims he was the child of a Brahmin widow. He himself said he was "at once the child of Allah and Ram." 
   
  Kabir grew up learning his father’s craft of weaving and overcame many obstacles to become a disciple of Saint, or Swami, Ramananda, the leading pioneer of the Bhakti movement, which promoted salvation for all.   
   
  Kabir did not renounce his worldly life; he married, had children, and was disdainful of professional piety, which led to his later persecution by religious authorities.  His progressive philosophy spoke of social equality and his spiritual synthesis combined Hindu tenets of karma and reincarnation with Muslim beliefs of one god and no idolatry or caste system.   
   
  We know that Kabir had no formal education and was almost illiterate. He expressed his poems as ‘b???s’ meaning utterances in Hindi. His songs and couplets were part of a strong oral tradition in the region and spread across northern India but were also written down by two of his disciples; Bh?god?s and Dharmad?s.  His inventive and imaginative style captured wide attention and provided a path to spiritual awakening which for Kabir was mainly the path of love and brotherhood and not to be divorced from daily life: “All our actions performed anywhere are our duties, and work is worship”, he said.  
   
  His works are still revered today by Muslims, Sufis, Sikhs and Hindus and Kabir remains one of the most quoted mystic poets of all time.    
   
  Kabir is thought to have lived an exceptionally long life and probably died in 1518.  It is said that his Hindu followers wanted him cremated and his Muslim followers wanted his body buried and a fight therefore ensued.  When they finally lifted the cloth that covered his body they found not flesh but flowers.

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