Word: poets
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...cursed off my mom when NC State lost to an incredibly unethical Wisconsin team and then I cried tears of sorrow when KU lost to Bucknell. So yeah, that is a legitimate fear of mine. BL: Duke’s J.J. Redick has established himself as something of a poet. You are a self-proclaimed freestyle rapper. What would you say if you met J.J. in a battle? CT: I would say, “You think you’re the illest baller in the land? / Let’s see what happens when I slice off your shooting...
Contemplative, slightly disturbing, and thoroughly charming, “An Adult Evening of Shel Silverstein” successful conveys a feeling comparable to the experience of reading a Silverstein book Most people do not associate author and poet Silverstein with political commentary, cocaine use, or words too vulgar to be printed here. However, all of these realms, as well as Silverstein’s more well-known arena of warped childhood fantasy, were merrily and masterfully explored onstage in the Loeb Experimental Theater this past weekend in “An Adult Evening of Shel Silverstein,” directed...
...time GORDON PARKS died last week at 93 in his New York City home, he had made his way through a succession of fields--photography, literature, film--and left enduring work in every one. The novelist who wrote The Learning Tree also composed concertos; the poet also directed Shaft. But it's as a photographer that Parks will be remembered most. Especially at LIFE, where, as the first African American on its photo staff, he could shoot a Brazilian slum or a Paris fashion show with the same sure mastery. Above all, he made countless pictures of African-American life...
...Klein professor of law, said, “I think people need to work themselves free not only of white supremacy impediments but also from impediments that are imposed from within the black collective.” “If you want to be a poet, do it; if you want to be accountant, do it,” he added. But after Kennedy’s remarks, Guinier, who is the Boskey professor of law, joked that “it’s a good thing Randy is sitting right next to me; otherwise I might...
...newest book, “Invisible Listeners,” Porter University Professor Helen Vendler sets out to describe a kind of address not entirely unlike these (parodies of) addresses: the call for intimacy, empathy, or attention a poet makes to a listener whom he cannot physically reach...