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Clive James

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Clive James (1939—2019), author of the best-selling Cultural Amnesia and Poetry Notebook, was an Officer of the Order of Australia and a Commander of the Order of the British Empire. His writing appeared in the New York Times Book Review, The New Yorker, and The Atlantic.

Clive James Books

The River in the Sky: A Poem book cover

The River in the Sky: A Poem

Clive James
Collected Poems: 1958-2015 book cover

Collected Poems: 1958-2015

Clive James
Play All book cover

Play All

Clive James
Collected Poems book cover

Collected Poems

Kingsley Amis
Sentenced to Life: Poems book cover

Sentenced to Life: Poems

Clive James
Inferno book cover

Inferno

Dante Alighieri
Latest Readings book cover

Latest Readings

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Poetry Notebook: Reflections on the Intensity of Language book cover

Poetry Notebook: Reflections on the Intensity of Language

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Nefertiti in the Flak Tower: Poems book cover

Nefertiti in the Flak Tower: Poems

Clive James
The Divine Comedy book cover

The Divine Comedy

Dante Alighieri
Cultural Cohesion: The Essential Essays book cover

Cultural Cohesion: The Essential Essays

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Opal Sunset: Selected Poems, 1958-2008 book cover

Opal Sunset: Selected Poems, 1958-2008

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Unreliable Memoirs book cover

Unreliable Memoirs

Clive James
Cultural Amnesia: Necessary Memories from History and the Arts book cover

Cultural Amnesia: Necessary Memories from History and the Arts

Clive James
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