poetry & plays

  Happy national poetry day 2020. How wonderful that we have a day to celebrate a medium that we all love in one shape or form. I know many of you reading this will have penned a poem at some time, or written a lyric. The former is certainly how I first started writing – … Continue readings →

Tags : 1 October, Alice Walker, National Poetry Day, Virago

  ‘There are people who think they understand a book just because they know how to read. I already told you that books are like mirrors: every person finds in them what they have in their own head. The problem is that you only discover what you have inside you when you read the right … Continue readings →

Tags : El libro savage, HopeRoad Publications, Juan Villoro, Lawrence Schimel, magic realism, Mexican authors, Mexican Updike, The Wild One, Villoro, YA

      EDITOR’S CHOICE   The acclaimed poet TS Eliot reads his poem, ‘The Journey of Magi’ in a rare recording. This is one of The Literary Shed’s favourite poems.  Also of interest: E McNight Kauffer – a friend of Eliot’s, McNight Kauffer illustrated ‘The Journey of the Magi‘ when it was published as … Continue readings →

  We’ve always loved poetry and WB Yeats‘s beautiful poems are amongst our favourites. This is a rare and rather scratchy recording of the author reading his own work. It’s rather shouty, but it is YEATS! See also: A Poet to His Beloved