What W. H. Auden Can Do for You

By Alexander McCall Smith

Categories: Biographies & Memoirs, Literature & Fiction

Novelist Alexander McCall Smith explains how the poetry of W. H. Auden has shaped his life and thinking since he first read it as a young man. In a short, personal book from Princeton's Writers on Writers series, he discusses Auden's life, his views on love, friendship, faith and morality, and favorite poems. McCall Smith shows how the poet can offer guidance and comfort to readers.

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• Shane Parrish: “I was excited to crack this one open for two reasons. First, I have no experience with W.H. Auden, who many consider one of the best poets of the twentieth century. While I’ve heard good things, I’ve never really looked into him.”