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Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats (1939) is a collection of whimsical light poems by T. S. Eliot about feline psychology and sociology, published by Faber and Faber.It serves as the basis for Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1981 musical Cats.
Cats is a sung-through musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber.It is based on the 1939 poetry collection Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot.The musical tells the story of a tribe of cats called the Jellicles and the night they make the "Jellicle choice" by deciding which cat will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and come back to a new life.
John Burnside FRSL FRSE (19 March 1955 – 29 May 2024) was a Scottish writer. He was one of four poets (with Ted Hughes, Sean O'Brien and Jason Allen-Paisant) to have won the T. S. Eliot Prize and the Forward Poetry Prize for one book.
An abnormally large black cat who walks on his hind legs and carries a pistol. Being a member of the Devil's entourage, he is wicked and devious. He has a penchant for chess, vodka, and pickled mushrooms. [8] [9] Bombalurina: Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats: T. S. Eliot: A flirtatious red Queen with a white chest and black spots and marks ...
Every year, the mainstream literary gates seem to open just that much wider to allow for more diverse stories and The post 20 Black poets to know this National Black Poetry Day appeared first on ...
Black Cat Bone won the Forward Prize for Best Poetry Collection in 2011, a £10,000 award; [4] [5] and the T. S. Eliot Prize in 2012, a £15,000 award. [6] [7] [8] As of 2023, Burnside was one of only three poets to have won both prizes for the same book. [9]
Technically, Black Cat Appreciation Day is August 17. But this cat mom celebrates it year-round. My black cat is a gorgeous American shorthair with lanky limbs and bright, yellow-green eyes. Black ...
Young is also the author of For The Confederate Dead, Dear Darkness, Blues Laws: Selected and Uncollected Poems 1995–2015 (2016) [11] and editor of Giant Steps: The New Generation of African American Writers (2000), Blues Poems (2003), Jazz Poems (2006), and John Berryman's Selected Poems (2004). [9] His poem "Black Cat Blues," originally ...