Word: erraticism
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Died. Francis Picabia, 75, wealthy, erratic French-born Cuban painter; of arteriosclerosis; in Paris. A bored, respectable success at 35, Picabia joined the madcap Dadaist revolt against tradition during the 20s, in 1950 enraged Paris critics with a deadpan display of canvases, each enlivened only by a colored dot placed...
On the poetry pages, Derry Griscom's "What Passes Upon the Journey," not only rhymes but very nearly scans. The poem, however, grows more obscure in each verse and his fifth stanza is marred by a series of strained images. Peter Junger's four-line verse, "Billet Doux," is not...
Time for a Change. In Newport News, Va., looking for a buyer, Jim Elliott described his truck in a Press ad: ". . . Perfect condition except rear end roars and grinds to deafening, nerve-racking extent. Leaks grease . . . uses oil excessively, engine knocks . . . erratic steering, no stability on road . . . brakes grab, water...
He is floored by the poverty that haunts his father with the workhouse, wrecks his mother's and sister's health and prematurely kills both, and sweeps the Nimmos into humiliating dependence on neighbors. He is floored by his preacher-father's Puritan code and his mathematical...
John N. D. Bush, professor of English, commented, "The early death of Dylan Thomas means the loss of a richly individual poet. He was both erratic and inspired, but at his best he had a rare intensity of vision and bardic prodigality of utterance." Bush is a specialist in 16th...