Fenton made a packet from writing lyrics for a West End show. I
*think* the lyrics were canned by he had a canny lawyer so he still
got a percentage. His Oxford mansion is lovely so I hear.
Now Eliot *would* have made a packet if he'd've been alive when Cats was made:-)
I want JHPrynne, the hyper-musical.
Roger
On 10/6/05, Alison Croggon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Money is a kind of poetry, said - was it Wallace Stevens? Anyway, a piece
> in The Guardian today which claims, among other things, "Poets would surely
> forsake any prize money for the sake of just one timelessly memorable poem."
> If it wasn't a false choice (because it is, in terms that are rather suss) I
> would say, it depends how broke said poet is...
>
> Not only that, but poets need "translators". Anyway, for the curious...
>
> http://books.guardian.co.uk/forwardprize2005/story/0,16299,1585250,00.html
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> Best
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> Alison Croggon
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