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About Larkin Issue No. 02

About Larkin Issue No.02

Cover illustration
'Woman Arsing About'
Taken from a letter from Philip Larkin to his friend, James Sutton, dated 16th September 1941
By Philip Arthur Larkin

Contents

Page 04
Having Larkin to Stay
Ann Thwaite

Page 06
Larkin's Hetero-Textual Relationaships
Brenda Allen

Page 07
'Laughed Fit to Bust'
Pat Raine

Page 08
Philip Larkin as Brunette Coleman
Rebecca Johnson

Page 11
'Dearest Old Creature'
A Letter from Philip Larkin to Eva Larkin dated 6 June 1974

Page 12
Philip Larkin's Dilemma: Should Artist's Marry?
Douglas Dunn

Page 15
Stanzas from 'The Whitsun Weddings': Workbook No.4, 1958

Page 17
Annus Mirabilis Update
Poem
Martin Blyth

Page 18
Impressions of a Japanese Member
Suzuyo Kamitani

Page 19
Why Larkin's Poetry Gives Offence
Roland Wymer

Page 20
The Larkin Trail Pilgrimage, Staurday 8 June 1996
Don Lee

Page 22
Terry Street
John Osborne

Page 23
Philip Larkin: Archives and Special Collections
Rebecca Johnson

Page 24
Playing the Harlot
Book Review
Win Dawson

Page 25
Obituary
Gavin Ewart
Rebecca Johnson

Page 26
Obituary
Donald Davie
John Chapple

Page 27
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