Peter Halstead - "On the Merits of Literature"

Peter Halstead's poem "On the Merits of Literature," performed by the poet for the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation as part of their Read By series, a collaboration with the Adrian Brinkerhoff Foundation, produced by Poet in the City and directed and Filmed by Matthew Thompson.

To read the poem in full click here.

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