A collection of essays celebrating the talents of Philip Larkin, poet, critic and fiction writer who died in 1985. They range from Kingsley Amis' and Anthony Curtis' fine memoirs of Larkin's life at Oxford to William H.Pritchard's examination of some of the qualities in his poetry. Professor Salwak has also written "Literary Voices: Interviews with Britain's Angry Young Men"; "Mystery Voices: Interviews with British Mystery Writers" and "The Life and Work of Barbara Pym".