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Walking home a poet's journey

Describes the author's travels as he walked the Pennine Way through England and stopped each night to give a poetry reading in a different village in return for a place to sleep.

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Main Author:	Armitage, Simon, 1963-
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, 2013.
Edition:	First American edition.
Subjects:	Armitage, Simon, > 1963- > Travel > England > Pennine Way. Pennine Way (England) > Description and travel. Walking > England > Pennine Way. Poets, English > 20th century > Biography. Poetry > Social aspects > England > Pennine Way.
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Summary:	Describes the author's travels as he walked the Pennine Way through England and stopped each night to give a poetry reading in a different village in return for a place to sleep.
Item Description:	"First published in Great Britain under the title Walking home : travels with a troubadour on the Pennine Way"--T.p. verso.
Physical Description:	xii, 285 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
ISBN:	9780871404169 (hardcover) 0871404168 (hardcover)
Author Notes:	Simon Armitage is professor of poetry at the University of Leeds and poet laureate of the United Kingdom. He has published ten collections of poetry and is the author of four stage plays, over a dozen television films, a libretto, two novels, and three memoirs. His poetry has won numerous awards, including a Gregory Award, a Forward Prize, a Lannan Literary Award, and the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry.