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Radio 4,21 May 2017,9 mins

Lesson Eight: The Writer’s Mind

The Invisible College

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The subconscious mind can be the writer’s greatest helper – or nastiest foe. This lesson considers ways to access its mysterious depths, with archive clips of novelists Doris Lessing and Aldous Huxley and a mesmerising reading of “I’ve Known Rivers” by poet Langston Hughes.

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