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• Bramer, Shannon. Be Mine. Toronto: BookThug, 2010.
• --. Fishings. Toronto: BookThug, 2007. canlit pam 04394 Thomas Fisher Rare Book
• --. poem(s) on the stairs. Maxville, ON: Above/Ground Press, 2002. canlit pam 01395 Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library
• --. The Refrigerator Memory. Toronto: Coach House Books, 2005. PS8553 .R264 R43 2005 Robarts Library
• --. scarf. Toronto: McArthur & Co./Exile, 2001. 819.12 B6688.2 Toronto Public Library
• --. suitcases and other poems. Toronto: Exile Editions, 1999. PS8553 .R264 S85 1999 Robarts Library

• George M. Cohan, Twenty Years on Broadway and the Years It Took to Get There (New York: Harper, 1925).

• Hatcher, John. “Binyon, (Robert) Laurence (1869–1943).” Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Ed. H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. Oxford: OUP, 2004. 14 Aug. 2009 .

• Binyon, Laurence. Lyric Poems. London: Elkin Mathews, 1894. end .B568 A155 1894 Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library.
• --. Poems. Oxford, England: Daniel, 1895. end .B568 A155 1895 Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library.
• --. London Visions. London: Elkin Mathews, 1896. LE.C M4293g Robarts Library.
• --. The Praise of Life: Poems. London: Elkin Mathews, 1896. LE.C M4293g Robarts Library.
• --. Porphyrion and Other Poems. London: Richards, 1898. end .B568 P67 1907 Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library.
• --. Second Book of London Visions. London: Elkin Mathews, 1899. LE.C M4293g Robarts Library.
• --. Western Flanders. London: Unicorn, 1899.
• --. Odes. London: Unicorn, 1901, revised edition, Elkin Mathews, 1913. PR6003 .I75 A17 1901 Robarts Library.
• --. The Death of Adam and Other Poems. London: Methuen, 1903. PR6003 .I75 D4 Robarts Library.
• --. England and Other Poems. London: Elkin Mathews, 1909. PR .B519e E. J. Pratt Library at Victoria University.
• --. Auguries. London: Heinemann, 1913; New York City, NY: John Lane, 1914. PR6003 .I75 A8 Robarts Library.
• --. The Winnowing Fan: Poems of the Great War. London: Elkin Mathews, 1914; Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1915. PR6003 .I75 W5 Robarts Library.
• --. The Anvil. London: Elkin Mathews, 1916. PR6003 .I75 A65 University of Toronto Libraries at Downsview.
• --. The Cause: Poems of War. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1917. PR6003 .I75 C3 University of Toronto Libraries at Downsview.
• --. The New World: Poems. London: Elkin Mathews, 1918. PR6003 .I75 N4 1919 University of Toronto Libraries at Downsview.
• --. The Four Years. London: Elkin Mathews, 1919. 821.91 Bin Fo John W. Graham Library at Trinity College.
• --. The Secret: Sixty Poems. London: Elkin Mathews, 1920. PR6003 .I75 S4 Robarts Library.
• --. The Sirens: An Ode. Chelsfield, England: Stanton Press, 1924. PR6003 .I75 S5 1925 Robarts Library.
• --. The Idols. London: Macmillan, 1928. PR6003 .I75 I4 1928 Robarts Library.
• --. Collected Poems. London: Macmillan, 1931. PR6003 .I75 A17 1931 Robarts Library.
• --. The Burning of the Leaves and Other Poems. London: Macmillan, 1934. PR6003 .I75 B8 University of Toronto Libraries at Downsview.
• --. The North Star and Other Poems. London: Macmillan, 1941. end .B568 N67 1941 Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library.
• --. The Madness of Merlin. Edited by Gordon Bottomley. London: Macmillan, 1947. PR6003 .I75 M3 John M. Graham Library at Trinity College.

• Nick Warburton. David Higham literary, film, and tv agents (Nicky Lund).

Derek Walcott's works are in copyright. Permission to reproduce them must be obtained from his publishers.

For a brief biography of the poet, see the Nobel Foundation Web site.

• Walcott, Derek. 25 Poems. Port-of-Spain, Trinidad: Guardian Commercial Printery, 1948.
• --.Epitaph for the Young: XII Cantos. Bridgetown, Barbados: Barbados Advocate, 1949.
• --.Poems. Kingston, Jamaica: Kingston City Printery, 1953.
• --.In a Green Night: Poems. London: J. Cape, 1962.
• --.Selected Poems. New York: Farrar, Straus, 1964.
• --.The Castaway. London: J. Cape, 1965.
• --.The Gulf and Other Poems. London: J. Cape, 1969.
• --.Another Life. New York: Farrar, Straus, 1973.
• --.Sea Grapes. New York: Farrar, Straus, 1976.
• --.Selected Verse. London: Heinemann, 1976.
• --.The Star-Apple Kingdom. New York: Farrar, Straus, 1979.
• --.The Fortunate Traveller. New York: Farrar, Straus, 1981.
• --.Midsummer. New York: Farrar, Straus, 1984.
• --.Collected Poems, 1948-1984. New York: Farrar, Straus, 1986.
• --.The Arkansas Testament. New York: Farrar, Straus, 1987.
• --.Omeros. New York: Farrar, Straus, 1990.
• --.Collected Poems. London: Faber, 1990.
• --.Poems, 1965-1980. London: J. Cape), 1992.
• --.Derek Walcott: Selected Poems. London: Longman, 1993.
• --.The Bounty. New York: Farrar, Straus, 1997.
• --.Tiepolo's Hound. New York: Farrar, Straus, 2000.
• --.The Prodigal. New York: Farrar, Straus, 2004.

Charles William Shirley Brooks was born on 29 April, 1816 at 52 Doughty Street, London. The son of Elizabeth and William Brooks (an architect), he was articled to his uncle Charles Sabine of Oswestry after receiving his early education. In 1938, he passed the Incorporated Law Society's examination, but there is no record of Brooks becoming a solicitor. Brooks began his writing career in 1842 as a journalist for Ainsworth's Magazine. From 1848 to 1952 he worked as a parliamentary correspondent for the Morning Chronicle. Apart from his journalistic endeavors, Brooks also wrote drama, often quite successfully. His first play, The Creole, or, Love's Fetters, was very well received when it premiered at the Lyceum in 1847. In total, Brooks wrote nine plays, which varied in genre from farce and comedy to drama. During the 1850s and 1860s, while continuing his work for the leading periodicals, Brooks also turned to writing novels. These included Aspen Court: a Story of our Own Time (1855), Gordian Knot (1860) and Sooner or Later (3 vols., 1966-8). Nevertheless, Shirley Brooks is most remembered as a regular contributor to Punch, from 1851 on. His writing was well received, particularly his witty parliamentary commentary. His dedication to the publication allowed Brooks to become editor of the journal in 1870. He continued his work for Punch until his death on 14 march, 1872.

• Boase, G. C. “Brooks, Charles William Shirley (1816-1874).” Rev. H. C. G. Matthew. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Ed. H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. Oxford: OUP, 2004.

• Hopkins, David. "Tate, Nahum (c.1652–1715)." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Ed. H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. Oxford: OUP, 2004. Online ed. Ed. Lawrence Goldman. Jan. 2008.

• Beadle, Richard. "Wever, R. (fl. 1550)." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Online ed. Ed. Lawrence Goldman. Oxford: OUP, 2004.

Born near Dublin on April 16, 1871, John Millington Synge studied at Trinity College Dublin. When he was travelling in Europe, he met W. B. Yeats in Paris in 1896, who advised him to return to the Aran Islands to find the well-springs of his writing. Synge did so and published The Aran Islands in 1906. The subject of this book -- Irish peasant life -- formed those plays that made him the leading dramatist of his time. These included The Shadow of the Glen (1903), Riders to the Sea (1904), The Well of the Saints (1905), The Playboy of the Western World (1907), The Tinker's Wedding (1909), and Deirdre of the Sorrows, incomplete at Synge's death from Hodgkin's disease (1910). All were performed at the Abbey Theatre, the principal actress of which, Maire O'Neill, became engaged to Synge shortly before his death.

• Greene, David H., and Edward M. Stephens. J. M. Synge, 1871-1909, rev. edn. (New York: New York University Press, 1989; PR 5533 G7 1989 Robarts Library)
• Kopper, Edward A. John Millington Synge: a reference guide (Boston: G. K. Hall, 1979; Z 8857 .8 K66 Robarts Library)
• McCormack, W. J. "Synge, (Edmund) John Millington (1871–1909)." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Ed. H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. Oxford: OUP, 2004. Online ed. Ed. Lawrence Goldman. May 2010.
• Synge, J. M. Collected works, 4 vols. (London: Oxford University Press, 1962-68; del S993 A1 1962-68 Fisher Rare Book Library)
• The collected letters of John Millington Synge, ed. Ann Saddlemyer (New York: Oxford University Press, 1983-84; PR 5533 A44 1983 Robarts Library)