New Releases by Philip Larkin

Concerning Watkins''s submission to an anthology Larkin is editing for PEN (New Poems 1958); Watkins''s early influence on Larkin; Larkin''s admiration for Watkins despite their artistic differences; the poetry of Thomas Hardy, William Butler Yeats, and Dylan Thomas; the cataloging of Watkins''s poetic manuscripts for the British Museum; a new edition of Larkin''s The North Ship, in the introduction to which Larkin wishes to quote Watkins; an interview Larkin did with The Guardian; Larkin''s derision of his own early work; and (in the letters to Gwen Watkins) Larkin''s article "Vernon Watkins: An Encounter and a Re-Encounter" for the magazine Mabon (a photocopy of Larkin''s corrected typescript for the article is included).