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Remembering Anthony Burgess with Ben Forkner

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In this episode, Anthony Burgess's friend and colleague Ben Forkner, who met Burgess at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1969 and went on to have a lasting friendship with him over the subsequent years. Here, Ben Forkner looks back on this friendship and shares a tape of Burgess reading the poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins which he recorded at his home in Angers.


Narrated by Andrew Biswell with readings from Ben Forkner's introduction to One Man's Chorus by Graham Foster.


Ben Forkner's interview was recorded in December 2024 over the telephone.


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Read Ben Forkner's introduction to One Man's Chorus in full


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Burgess Foundation free Substack newsletter


Burgess Foundation Bookshop


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In this episode, Anthony Burgess's friend and colleague Ben Forkner, who met Burgess at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1969 and went on to have a lasting friendship with him over the subsequent years. Here, Ben Forkner looks back on this friendship and shares a tape of Burgess reading the poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins which he recorded at his home in Angers.


Narrated by Andrew Biswell with readings from Ben Forkner's introduction to One Man's Chorus by Graham Foster.


Ben Forkner's interview was recorded in December 2024 over the telephone.


-----


LINKS


Read Ben Forkner's introduction to One Man's Chorus in full


International Anthony Burgess Foundation


Burgess Foundation free Substack newsletter


Burgess Foundation Bookshop


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  continue reading

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