WHERE ARE YOU NOW AND WHAT CAN YOU SEE ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At present I am in my deceased father’s study (He died in a car crash aged 19 in September 1973)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From the only window in this room I can see the sea <\/p>\n\n\n\n
WHAT ARE YOU CURRENTLY READING <\/p>\n\n\n\n
My fathers name was Stephen Masefield (which is my name also) I use Stuart Miller Osborne as a pen name to avoid confusion<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I am currently reading his second volume of poetry Escape (1971) as I feel that I need to revisit his work<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My father died before he had truly bloomed but his small contribution to poetry cannot be underestimated <\/p>\n\n\n\n
His short life was as important as that of Rimbaud<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My mother (who lives in Chile) has retained his library which I often consult<\/p>\n\n\n\n
WHO IS YOUR FAVOURITE AUTHOR AND WHY DO YOU ADMIRE THEM ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Michel Houellebecq is my favourite author as he is very edgy and brutally honest <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nobody writing today comes anywhere near him <\/p>\n\n\n\n
To split this question I as a poet admire many other poets although if I had a favourite it would be Gerard Manley Hopkins <\/p>\n\n\n\n
DESCRIBE THE ROOM WHERE YOU USUALLY WRITE <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I should leave the the answer blank as I write wherever I choose<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As I have noted I am currently writing in my fathers house which directly faces the sea on the East Kent coast<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To my left I can see the coast of France and to my right I can see Ramsgate which is slightly hidden by the pier <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This said on some days I can see nothing because of the sea fogs that frequent this area <\/p>\n\n\n\n
WHICH FICTIONAL CHARACTER MOST RESEMBLES YOU ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Daniel Martin or maybe Gerard de Nerval’s lobster I have not made my mind up yet <\/p>\n\n\n\n
WHO IS YOUR HERO FROM OUTSIDE LITERATURE <\/p>\n\n\n\n
That is an easy one as I admire Richard Burton greatly<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I do not have heroes apart from the chap in the mirror each morning but Richard is my hero as he was an extraordinary man<\/p>\n\n\n\n
STUART MILLER OSBORNE (Stephen Masefield) has written over four thousand poems which are collected online<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He shuns the limelight and asks not to be considered for any awards <\/p>\n\n\n\n
His work is much admired and much loathed by many<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He never gives interviews (apart from the one in this newspaper) and notes that he intends to be even less conspicuous than either Thomas Pynchon or Jerome David Salinger<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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