Word: whitman
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...world in which there were only Balzac and Zola and not Lewis Carroll and Franz Kafka. The idea that because we live in a large and varied country we therefore ought to write the sweeping, panoramic novel is like arguing that our poets all ought to be like Walt Whitman rather than Emily Dickinson...
...State Sen. Edward P. Kirby (R-Whitman), one of the bill's chief opponents, the same...
...Edward P. Kirby (R-Whitman), who leads opposition to the bill, said he does not see Bulger's ruling as a major deterrent to his fight. He said, "I will keep pushing as long as I have a hope it will be defeated." He opposes the bill because he said it is the first step toward official recognition of what he calls "the gay and lesbian lifestyle...
...Edward P. Kirby (R-Whitman) has pledged todo everything in his power to stop the bill. Theconservative senator has argued that a gay rightsbill would inappropriately duplicate the effectsof affirmative action...
...first chapter, a masterful exploration of style and autobiography, is so comprehensive it could stand on its own. From Walt Whitman's "The Song of Myself," to the autobiography of a performance artist, circa 1980, Leibowitz calls on his encyclopedic knowledge of the literature of personal history to expand on his thesis...