Word: poeticisms
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Piaf's life story is as familiar to the French as her catalog of hits. And like any good tale, it's often told with much poetic license. The standard version goes something like this: born on a Paris sidewalk, Piaf was raised in her grandmother's brothel in Normandy before her acrobat father took her back to her birthplace. After cabaret owner Louis Leplée discovered her singing in the street, Piaf was soon topping the bill in the city's most exalted venues and conquering America. Oh, and don't forget the miracle that cured her childhood...
...ongoing series at the Harvard Film Archive comprising films suggested by Hoberman reflects the same distinctive taste. “Poetic Horror, Pop Existentialism, and Cheap Sci-Fi: Cold War Cinema 1948-1964” will continue through the spring...
...literary circles at Harvard, students and faculty alike take pride in the legacy of Eliot and E. E. Cummings ’15, which prompts the question: What is it about Harvard that makes it produce such a poetic tradition...
Helen Vendler, Porter University professor and world-renowned scholar and critic of poetry, agrees there is undoubtedly a strong poetic tradition at Harvard, but she argues that it would be parochial to think Harvard had a determining role in American poetry...
...most of the Advo regulars were tempted by the imported beers, table dancing, and vaulted ceilings of nearby Lampoon Castle...just down the road, self-reverence was in equal attendance at the Fox’s annual Valentine’s Day dinner this weekend, replete with drunken poetic toasts and even a sing-a-long (whatever, just make out already)...speaking of spit-swapping, onlookers stood horrified as one dean’s son got (and gave) an enthusiastic mouthful from Harvard’s resident nympho. Gross...it’s been a big week...