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[novapsyche]

Call for Oxford poet to resign after sex row

This scandal is about Ruth Padel but incidentally involves Derek Walcott, a very prominent name in poetry circles.

This article is fairly old news (from May), so I'll search to see if there have been any updates. Ah, yes: Oxford professor of poetry Ruth Padel resigns after smear allegations

Well, I certainly came to the party late. Anyone from the UK who has any more interesting tidbits that may have escaped the international press?

Comments

[jojomojo.livejournal.com]

Not any more than you've already seen in the Guardian, I'm afraid. :)

[novapsyche.livejournal.com]

Okay. :P I guess I should have said "currently living in" instead of "from".

[timiathan.livejournal.com]

Isn't she the woman who's obsessed with the copyrights to her poems and hates when they're reprinted online, even in good faith? Or am I thinking of someone else?

[novapsyche.livejournal.com]

It might be. I don't know much about her.

[voiceandsalt.livejournal.com]

Best quote from that article: "...life is full of maverick poets." I wish!