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...fall 2002 after Tom Paulin allegedly made anti-Israel comments to the Egyptian newspaper Al-Ahram, the English department withdrew an invitation to controversial poet??s just days before he was slated to speak at the lecture...
Recently, Yeats aficionados the world over have been given another reason to celebrate the poet??the final volume of Yeats’ extensive biography, W.B. Yeats: A Life, The Arch-Poet, 1915-1939, has been released. The prolific work details the second half of his life and includes some of his most critically acclaimed poetry...
...poet??s sharp voice shaped every piece, emphasizing the musical nature of his work through changes in tempo, rhythmic patterns, volumes and pitches that varied by word or syllable. Interspersed among his readings were philosophical comments on life and anecdotes explaining the poems’ origins...
...Goldberg’s message spread, so did the unrest over the poet??s invitation, and within a week Department Chair Lawrence Buell announced that Paulin’s invitation had been withdrawn...
While acknowledging possible “counter-charges of censorship,” Buell said at the time that the department wanted to prevent any “undue consternation and divisiveness” that might result from the poet??s visit...