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...Usher filed for divorce from his wife Tameka. This event supposedly pushed his songwriting in a more personal, confessional direction. This is a similar formula to the one used on his fourth album, which was actually entitled “Confessions” and followed his separation from his long-term girlfriend, TLC’s Chilli. By reviving this formula, Usher may be hoping to return to the massive success he achieved with “Confessions.” However, “Raymond v. Raymond” is disappointing, both lyrically and emotionally...
Every poetic career follows a different trajectory. Yeats’ style evolved and improved throughout his long career; Wordsworth composed his greatest works in his youth, but continued writing through his old age. The deterioration of poetic talent must be one of the greatest fears of an aging poet. Although Derek Walcott—who turned eighty this past January—is a Nobel Laureate and the author of over twenty published volumes of poetry, the dread of losing his poetic ability permeates “White Egrets,” his newest collection. He writes...
...always returns to those figures of purity and openness, the white birds who are symbols of both age and immortality. With a long career already behind him, Walcott’s concern lies not only with the precariousness of his physical life, but also with the lifespan of the poetry that he has spent a lifetime crafting. This collection, however, indicates that there is no cause for the poet’s anxiety. Walcott has managed to shape a sequence of poems as blindingly majestic as the birds for which they are named...
...sustainablilty—a move that could eventually help reduce the rise in sea levels that contribute to erosion. Although it will undoubtedly be hard for many residents of Nantucket to see their Sound visually altered, alternative energy will help prevent the destruction of other historic areas in the long...
...time, facing a budget deficit of over $200 million, Smith presented these groups as crucial for ensuring the long-term fiscal health of the University’s largest school...