Toads Resources

This is a good Larkin bio from our pals at the Poetry Foundation.

How do you know you've hit the poetry big-time? You've got your own society.

Try the sequel, "Toads Revisited."

Larkin didn't have a problem speaking his mind. Here are some examples:

Well then, look no further than this mini-documentary on the Larkin Toads Project.

Check out this short video about the discovery of some forgotten Larkin recordings.

Dig this doc, all about Larkin's life and work.

Here's your chance to check out Phil reading "Toads." It might sound different than you expected. Or, it might not.

Well-known writer and radio personality Garrison Keillor reads "Toads." Which version do you prefer, Phil's or Garrison's? (An introduction to Larkin begins at the 1.55 mark, the poem starts at 2.50.)

This is a good picture of Phil as a young, bespectacled man in Oxford.

Hey, a smile. We guess you can't be bummed out and toad-squashed all the time.

Larkin wasn't a big fan of interviews, but The Paris Review convinced him to give it a shot.

The New Yorker considers Larkin out loud, and other Larkin-y stuff.

Here's the book that includes "Toads"—well, not real toads, that would just be, well, messy.

Click here for a bunch of books by Larkin.