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Republican club member Travis D. Wheatley '99 said he was appalled by what he called "the 'Let's Play with the Constitution' game...
...haven't done my butter thing yet, and I'm pissed," said Travis D. Wheatley...
...Images and Identities" suffers not only from political rhetoric, but from lack of cohesion. The exhibit has some interesting pieces, including first editions of Phyllis Wheatley's poetry and Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin, as well as some fascinating daguerreotypes of African slaves. These artifacts, though historically relevant, relate only vaguely to Lewis' life. To be fair, historians know very little about the sculptor's background. But "Images and Identities" could improve by delving a little deeper into its central subject rather than focusing on the realities of all women or of all African-Americans...
...centuries ago, Thomas Jefferson expressed the view that blacks were innately incapable of writing poetry because "their love is ardent, but it kindles the senses only, not the imagination." He dismissed the work of Phillis Wheatley, the first African-American female poet, as "below the dignity of criticism." There is no evidence that the sage of Monticello had actually read Wheatley's poems before issuing his put-down. In fact, he misspelled her name...
...fitting, then, that America's new poet laureate is Rita Dove, a black woman who calls herself a spiritual heir of Wheatley's, and whose verses appeal not only to the senses but also to the imagination and the intellect. Moreover, Dove does her work on Jefferson's own turf. She lives with her husband, German novelist Fred Viebahn, and their 10-year-old daughter Aviva on a wooded hillside near Charlottesville, Virginia, a 15-minute drive from Monticello. She teaches creative writing at the University of Virginia, which Jefferson founded. And last week she made her public debut...