Word: dickinson
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Bloom does not really expect his Common Readers to master 850 or so writers. He wants them to pay close attention to the 26 discussed in the bulk of his book: Shakespeare, Dante, Chaucer, Cervantes, Montaigne, Moliere, Milton, Dr. Johnson, Goethe, Wordsworth, Austen, Whitman, Dickinson, Dickens, George Eliot, Tolstoy, Ibsen, Freud, Proust, Joyce, Woolf, Kafka, Borges, Neruda, Pessoa and Beckett. This grouping, Bloom's elite among the elite, holds few surprises: an obligatory academic obscurity (Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa), four women and a majority of D.W.E.M.s. (Bloom gives canonical status to Homer and the major Greek dramatists and philosophers...
Some people think poetry is dead, but it's not; it's just underground, disguised as songwriting. Once, a reclusive Emily Dickinson could spin out her feathery verses and send them next door to her sister-in-law, content to preserve her New England obscurity. Today a would-be Dickinson is more likely to grab a guitar, put together a backup band and hit the road. That was precisely the path taken by Nanci Griffith, a wide-eyed Texas waif who may just be one of America's best poets -- and for sure is one of its best songwriters...
...California the agricultural Central Valley is doing fine, but the Los Angeles area is barely beginning to steady after a deep slump. In Florida, Bob Dickinson, president of Carnival Cruise Lines, happily reports that advanced bookings for spring and summer travel are up 30% from a year ago. But Dick Holmes, a retired autoworker living in St. Petersburg, and his wife Glady find their earnings on CDs and savings accounts barely keeping up with inflation. Says Holmes: "We've kind of fallen in love with Taco Bell. We go there instead of the Olive Garden or Steak and Ale, which...
...tried to do something good for some people so they wouldn't lose money," Dickinson Professor of Accounting Robert S. Kaplan said after the review was completed. "There was a partnership in which he was involved...
Peters, who was listed in stable condition atCooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton, declinedto speak to reporters. But it seemed likely thatthe machine shop owner will now have more time forhis work...