I'm more with AB on this. Andrew Motion is a very
well paid professor, and that's a lot of money:
I agree with Alan, book four better poets for
fifty each.
Ira
On Tue, 17 Feb 1998 15:47:21 -0000 Alan Baker wrote:
> From: Alan Baker <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Tue, 17 Feb 1998 15:47:21 -0000
> Subject: A gift for making money
> To: British Poets <[log in to unmask]>
>
> I thought Brit Poets would be interested in this:
>
> The Nottingham Poetry Society decided to book a reading by
that great
> figure in 20C poetry, Andrew Motion. On contacting him,
he enquired
> whether they could meet his usual fee:
>
> TWO HUNDRED POUNDS plus expenses!
>
> Being in receipt of a lottery grant, they're going ahead.
I said I'd read
> for half that, but I obviously don't have his gift...
>
>
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