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...lecture lasted more than two hours, and dragged toward the end when Koch displayed the Wallace Stevens poem "Anecdote of the Jar" on an overhead projector to demonstrate some keys to reading poetry. Alarmingly, he turned Stevens' very sophisticated poem into a cartoon,delighting in the story of "this magic little jarwhich conquers Tennessee," and, while allowingthat more nuanced readings of the poem werepossible, he seemed so strongly by temperament toresist such readings that he effectively arguedagainst them. The key to enjoying this poem, heheld, lay in the music of its sounds and thesilliness of its story, and there...
Following his reading, the Signet hosted adinner for Koch, toward the end of which he wasasked what he thought about the current state ofAmerican poetry. He seemed surprised by thequestion, and blinked in thought before answering."Well," he said finally. "I suppose Americanpoetry is right where it needs to be. I thinkAmerican poetry will be just fine." What acharming optimism--and whatever is true forAmerican poetry, it seems lucky to think that Kochmight just as well have been speaking for himself.Courtesy of KnopfOLD SCHOOL: Teacher-Poet KennethKoch...
...They pretty much come with a great deal of ignorance toward sound recording, and they come out sound gurus," Vice President Alvin L. McCottry '00 said...
...Starr report might be out ahead of what people are willing to tolerate, but its where we've been moving," Greenblatt says. "Americans have been moving for some years toward an increasingly invasive view toward people's private lives...
...next time you are at a Harvard women's soccer game watching the Crimson beat up on some inferior opponent, take a look and a listen toward the Harvard bench. There you will see Wheaton, Bagley and crew doing their part to spur the Crimson to victory...