Word: poetes
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...November, the English Department invited poet Tom Paulin to Harvard to recite one of his works. Soon thereafter, however, some of Paulin’s political prescriptions including the idea that Brooklyn-born settlers in Israel’s West Bank “should be shot dead” surfaced, and the department rescinded its invitation. Speculation arose that Summers had pressured members of the department to snub Paulin. Immediately, members of the Harvard community organized on both sides of the issue. Some praised Summers for preventing a well-known anti-Semite and symbol of hate from infecting...
...more than they want Fred Durst speaking in full sentences. Avril Lavigne's level of complexity and Alanis Morissette's version of irony will do just fine for the drive to the shore, thank you. The two legendary exceptions are Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen. Both have a poet's gift for turning common words into indelible images and a rock star's knack for churning out melodies that make their poetry subliminal. They bring the pain and the noise...
...years she has been their equal as a writer of aching lyrics and easy hooks. But owing to the no-poetry rule, and a few other irrational market prejudices, she was branded with that deadliest of commercial adjectives: challenging. Her high-art pedigree--she is the daughter of poet Miller Williams, who wrote Inaugural verse for Bill Clinton in 1997--scared off arena crowds; her blending of country, folk, rock and blues made her Kryptonite to rigidly formatted radio; her weakness for bass players and love of Southern Gothic led some to dismiss her as eccentric. An 11,000-word...
...best close reader of poems to be found on the literary pages.” Hard to match for her attention to nuance and breadth of knowledge, Porter University Professor Helen Vendler will read from her most recent work of criticism, Coming of Age as a Poet: Milton, Keats, Eliot, Plath—a study of four poets’ first “perfect,” or mature, poems. Friday, April 4, at 3 p.m. Free. Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue...
...Paulin, internal student agitation played a significant role in the canceling of a lecture by the vocally anti-Zionist Irish poet. But it was arguably the national coverage of the incident that gave the English department the extra push to re-extend their invitation. While never the sole determining factor, the media attention nonetheless cemented the belief that free speech itself was at stake. Harvard’s English department could not be seen to compromise on those values...