Wilfred Owen: Centenary talk and reading at MERL

6-8 pm Thursday 15 November 2018

MERL The Museum of English Rural Life

A Talk by Dr Jane Potter (Oxford Brookes)

Followed by readings from PENNIES ON MY EYES: Poems by Wilfred Owen

ADMISSION FREE: Further information: p.robinson@reading.ac.uk

The latest addition to the Two Rivers Press classic poems series, Pennies on my Eyes is a centennial collection of Wilfred Owen’s poetry illustrated by Reading-based artists. The town made its contribution to Owen’s becoming a poet through the encouragement he received from Professor Edith Morley at the University of Reading while based in the nearby village of Dunsden. Each inspired by a work in this memorial volume, the artists offer their unique responses for this celebratory gathering of Owen’s most famous war poems, published on 4 November 2018, the 100th anniversary of the poet’s death on the Western Front at the Sambre-Oise Canal just one week before the Armistice.

 

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