A Survey of African Poetry in the London Times, Sunday Times, Financial Times, the Times Literary Supplement 1865-1985

This article was written by Jeremy Lewis in praise of the career of Alan Ross as the editor of London Magazine for thirty years. It was in Ross's extraordinary interest in shaping the literary career of young writers at the time such as Derek Walcott and Ben Okri among others that Lewis showers immense praise. Lewis describes Ross as a literary midwife to young writers such the ones mentioned.