This event will be held in the Old Anatomy Theatre, King's College.  RSL staff will meet you in the King's reception area to provide directions.

Christopher Ricks, whose interests range from Bob Dylan to Victorian Poetry, was once described by W.H. Auden as ‘the kind of critic every poet dreams of finding’. Previously Professor of Poetry at Oxford, now Professor of Humanities at Boston University, he talks about his new book, True Friendship, in which he explores relations between poets, and the effects these bonds have had on their work. Specifically, he considers Geoffrey Hill, Anthony Hecht and Robert Lowell, and their relationship with the poetry of Eliot and Pound.

Seats must be booked in advance (email rachel@rslit.org or ring 020 7845 4676). We suggest a contribution of £5 from RSL Fellows and members, £7.50 from members of the public, to be taken on the door.