{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6246d628c9e55700126131b6/680a47dc6f5bfb044f62a96e?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Remembering Anthony Burgess with Ben Forkner","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6246d628c9e55700126131b6/1745504638480-dafe77b3-8670-4215-8460-f91280d4a46a.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>In this episode, Anthony Burgess's friend and colleague Ben Forkner, who met Burgess at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1969 and went on to have a lasting friendship with him over the subsequent years. Here, Ben Forkner looks back on this friendship and shares a tape of Burgess reading the poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins which he recorded at his home in Angers.</p><p><br></p><p>Narrated by Andrew Biswell with readings from Ben Forkner's introduction to One Man's Chorus by Graham Foster.</p><p><br></p><p>Ben Forkner's interview was recorded in December 2024 over the telephone.</p><p><br></p><p>-----</p><p><br></p><p>LINKS</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.anthonyburgess.org/blog-posts/burgess-memories-ben-forkner/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Read Ben Forkner's introduction to One Man's Chorus in full</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.anthonyburgess.org\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">International Anthony Burgess Foundation</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://anthonyburgessfoundation.substack.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Burgess Foundation free Substack newsletter</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/anthonyburgess\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Burgess Foundation Bookshop</a></p>","author_name":"International Anthony Burgess Foundation"}