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...interpretatively outdone, John P. Marquand Professor of English Peter Sacks noted in an email that “there’s clearly an impressive and exuberant sensibility at work in the texture, verbal energy” in the lyrics to “Float.” He particularly admired Aesop’s impressive “range of allusion,” with its “blend of desperation and exhilaration, free play and constrained need—e.g., to float rather than drown...
...slowed down, and two men in the car started shouting at us, calling us “faggots.” Somewhat upset, I shouted back that they should not make such remarks here. As soon as I took a step towards them and responded to their verbal attacks, they stopped the car, stepped out, and continued shouting homophobic slurs. It all happened so quickly...
Even though I feel physical pain, I am still shocked, confused, and in denial that a hate crime could occur in the midst of campus. Many questions are swirling through my head unanswered: How should I respond to verbal attacks next time? Should I show affection towards my male friends in public? Should I ignore slurs like “faggot” as I walk around on campus, or should I confront them? Which is more important, standing up for my community or preserving my health...
Some poets thunder and some poets sing. Ashbery just talks, calmly and evenly, sifting through the verbal detritus of civilization and making fascinating sculptures out of what he finds. His poems register pain, but at a distance, transformed into a funny wistfulness, as if it all happened a couple of years and a couple of good martinis ago: "It's really quite a thrill/ when the moon rises above the hill/ and you've gotten over someone/ salty and mercurial, the only person you ever loved...
...long while. The solution does not lie in teachers or parents being vigilant. Bullying is often done stealthily and out of sight of authority figures. Usually the only witnesses are children. And they are the ones who can stop the bullying. I'm not suggesting physical violence, just verbal intervention and a show of disapproval. I know that can work because I used to do it when I was a little girl. Nobody ever hurt me or any of the other kids who worked with me on my anti-bully patrol. Somehow my parents helped me know that I could...