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Edward Estlin Cummings ’15 once remarked that his childhood home in the shadow of Harvard was “as lively as you please without ever becoming public.” Now, thanks to meticulous reconstruction by biographer and poet Christopher Sawyer-Lauçanno, the details of Cummings’ multifaceted life are doing just that...
...wanted to clue people in that he was more than just a lyrical poet of spring, flowers and love,” said Sawyer-Lauçanno, who will be discussing his new book E.E. Cummings: A Biography at the Harvard Coop on November...
...work is a “warts and all” biography of the esteemed poet. “My initial opinion was that Cummings was a happy-go-lucky, celebratory poet,” Sawyer-Lauçanno said, “but his private writing was far gloomier...
...There were consistent bombshells. He was not a warm and fuzzy person,” Sawyer-Lauçanno said. “It doesn’t square with the work he produced. He was certainly struggling with himself...
...When you write the truth, you ruffle some feathers,” Sawyer-Lauçanno said. “Some people want to preserve their notion of Cummings. I was obligated to tell the truth and not gloss over his darker and less salient aspects...