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Beach said Stevens was a natural choice after he read the senior thesis of Louisa H. Thomas ’04, who wrote on the poet. Thomas’ thesis inspired Beach to consider Stevens as one of his favorite poets...
Jordan L. Hylden ’06 gave dramatic rendering of an excerpt from Donne, which he said the poet composed when he thought he was on his deathbed...
...middle of a book of short sayings and poems, the great Lebanese poet Khalil Gibran (1883-1931) wrote, “Half of what I am telling you has no meaning. But I am telling it to you so that you will understand the meaning of the other half.” It is a defense of the importance of context and it is timely today. In a presidential election year, context is as acutely necessary as it is rare...
...words and actions, or structure them so they can make sense on their own. Unfortunately, the luxury of crafting words in broad layers, saying things that make sense only in light of the “other half,” is one thing that separates the poet from the politician...
...Repentant Mary Magdalene, which usually resides in a Park Avenue apartment in New York City. Although respectful of the Botticelli, Nelson feels that Filippino's painting combines exquisite grace and extreme passion in the same work. For the curator, the painting brings to mind the assessment of the poet Ugolino Verino, a contemporary of Filippino, who thought him "worthy of being compared to the ancient Greeks," surpassing even his onetime master. "Maybe," Nelson ventures, "viewers of the show will come to the same conclusion...