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...vigorous discussion and debate over the origin of the story, its influences and the aims of its creators. Dickinson once wrote in her poem "The Show": "The show is not the show,/But they that go./Menagerie to me/My neighbor be./Fair play--Both went to see." The great poet could not have imagined these neighbors, and sadly, there will be no "West Side" show to see in Amherst this winter...
...music itself, described by North House as "the lovechild of Bonnie Raitt and Lenny Kravitz" with some Jimi Hendrix and Dave Matthews Band thrown in, is incredible. The music and lyrics for every track were written by Bennett and Warren, and Warren, especially, writes like she's a poet by calling, as in "Babylon": "You live on cigarettes and cherry brine/Your windows translucent and your broken lullaby." Bennett's smooth, relaxed voice sounds as if it were born knowing what to do on each song and his guitar skills match it perfectly: in "Chinese Cabdriver," a sexy guitar intro winds...
Goethe's The Sorrows of Young Werther told the story of a preternaturally sensitive poet whose impossible love eventually leads to suicide. After it appeared in print young people throughout Europe began imitating Werther's style of dress, talking like him and contemplating Romantic suicide. Many opted to share the fictional character's fate, to embrace his vast yearnings and finally to become tragic heroes in their own eyes. The thought of them always fills me with an immense sadness...
Alfred, a playwright and poet, was particularly influential on several young actors, including Stockard Channing '65, John A. Lithgow '67 and Tommy Lee Jones...
...course, having his two brothers around certainly helps foster enthusiasm. His love for his older brothers is something an ancient Chinese poet could appreciate...