Larkin's poem unpublished during his lifetime. Written 7-11 October 1971
"He was certainly far from hostile to the idea of unpublished material being made available.
As a librarian giving a talk on the importance of preserving contemporary literary manuscripts, Larkin once said that
‘Unpublished work, unfinished work, even notes towards unwritten work all contribute to our knowledge of a writer’s intentions.’"
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