Letter: Carol Rumens obituary
In the Guardian’s Poem of the Week feature, Carol Rumens presented all sorts of work from the classical to the contemporary and provided an introductory critical commentary. This went on to stimulate online debate and discussion by “below the line” commenters, in which Carol herself took part. I was fascinated to learn there of the time she spent as a publicity assistant at Heinemann Educational Books in the 1970s. Of its African Writers Series, founded by Alan Hill in 1962, she said that she did not immediately appreciate its pioneering character, though came to value how far ahead of its time it was in finding and displaying the big new talents. “I’m proud to have worked for that list, in a small way,” she said.
In the Guardian’s Poem of the Week feature, Carol Rumens presented all sorts of work from the classical to the contemporary and provided an introductory critical commentary. This went on to stimulate online debate and discussion by “below the line” commenters, in which Carol herself took part. I was fascinated to learn there of the time she spent as a publicity assistant at Heinemann Educational Books in the 1970s. Of its African Writers Series, founded by Alan Hill in 1962, she said that she did not immediately appreciate its pioneering character, though came to value how far ahead of its time it was in finding and displaying the big new talents. “I’m proud to have worked for that list, in a small way,” she said.