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Lost Voices
Series 1, Harry Fainlight: Soul on Fire
Poet Brian Patten explores the life and work of lesser-known or forgotten poets. Harry Fainlight was a young man of rare promise when a trip to America to meet the Beat poets in the early 1960s changed his life forever. Brian discovers a life filled with distress, anxiety, affection and the most beautifully lyrical poetry.
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1960sArts, Culture & the Mediafainlight, harry (poet)Life Storiespatten, brian (poet)poetrypoets