Writers' rooms
Towse
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/series/writersrooms
e.g. Al Alvarez http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/oct/25/writers-rooms
"We've been in this house over 40 years and I'm 79 years old, so this
room is full of my past. Some years ago, a very enthusiastic cleaning
lady took all my books out to dust them while we were away and put them
back in such a strange order I've never been able to find anything
since. But the shelves make a very good place to display pictures.
There's a photograph that I took of my son Adam being given a lift on
the back of the great Polish poet Zbigniew Herbert. I used to do a lot
of climbing, and there are an awful lot of
pictures of, now dead alas, climbers.
"There's an etching by Leonard Baskin, given to me by Ted Hughes after
Sylvia Plath died, which she used to keep in her living room . And
there's a wonderful photograph that ..."
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Sal
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