
Writers on Recordings: Colm Tóibín on Elizabeth Bishop
London Review Bookshop Podcast
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Are They Composing Work Under Undert Influence?
I love the idea that somehow or other, theyd be behind all this reticence. I thought it was funny she did say to someone about em, i love to frail. There isn't any one i couldn't make. And he was a sonnet lad. He was sonnet crazy. Often with her, she's often sending a message to lowell, come down, honey. You know, it's fine. Just just, you know, k keep it down. El, they both abuse substance. Did they ever compose work under undert influence? It would lead us think that that was not the case.
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