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...consequence of the Scranton caper. "This will blow the syndication market to hell," says Roger Straus Jr., president of Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Straus predicts that newspapers and magazines will now lower the amounts they are willing to pay for reprint rights. Even at the Post, William B. Dickinson Jr., head of the company's syndicate and book publishing arm, frets: "There's a question of whether there's a balance evolving in favor of public disclosure, as opposed to copyright and property right...
...question whether Roosevelt's life and personality are best adapted to the solo format. The theater has hosted a plethora of such fare in the past decade and the most successful examples of the genre are usually those plays which focus on more introverted types than FDR. An Emily Dickinson who seldom leaves the confines of her New England home, or a Mark Twain who addresses most of his scathing satire to an anonymous audience, are far less confined by the formidable constraints of the genre than Roosevelt, the quintessential social animal. Because Roosevelt always directs his thoughts and words...
...Walker is now working on a book on American women poets, volume she hopes will detail the social influences on women poets and examine their lives and poetry closely. Her lecture will focus on a theme that has fascinated women poets for years: the sanctuary. Walker will discuss Emily Dickinson, Sara Teasdale, Elinor Wylie and Sylvia Plath...
...private scholars in turn teach courses at the universities. "Teaching a course forces me to go through the [scientific] literature and stay up to date," says A.G. Swan, who instructs grad students at N.C. State in addition to his duties as president of the research center for Becton, Dickinson & Co. People who work in the enclave like the quiet, hassle-free atmosphere. Says a chemist: "This is the southern part of heaven...
...DICKINSON COLLEGE...