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...town not much distracted by free verse, in the heart of a republic that shuns poetry like castor oil, but lately the local wind seems to have shifted in Wright's favor. "I think there's a great deal of name recognition," observes John Storck, the youngish head librarian at the Martins Ferry public library and an organizer of the festival convened here each spring in the poet's honor, "partly because there are still a good number of his classmates around town. One of our trustees played football with James Wright. There's a feeling of astonishment...
Encountered against a backdrop of wine and cheese, lifelong Martins Ferry Resident Annie Tanks remembers young Jim appearing at her desk to check out poetry books when she was town librarian. "Just about closing time, there he'd be," she says. When asked whether Wright's bleak lines paint an accurate picture of her birthplace, Tanks dips her head and studies the floor for just a moment. Then: "It's probably nearer to the feel of the town than the residents would like to admit...
...lovely day and people want to explore Cambridge," said Barbara A. Burg, reference librarian. "If you took a straw vote asking, 'Do you know Widener is open?' a lot of people wouldn...
...okay working Sundays. Working nights makes for a long day. Sunday gives you another option," said periodical room librarian Christian C.Titlow, who is a student in the Graduate School ofArts and Sciences...
While working as a library attendant in the house, Saheb-Kashaf helped convert the library's cataloguing system to that of the Library of Congress, said Eliot Librarian Melanie Northrop. Northrop described him as "a very nice, kind person...