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...more politicians knew poetry and more poets knew politics,” said John F. Kennedy ’40, “I am convinced that the world would be a better place in which to live.” In fact, poetry and politics have had a longstanding relationship. Recently, the relationship is tense, as in last winter’s flap over a White House poetry symposium cancelled because Laura Bush, upset by antiwar poets, decided she “did not believe poetry should be used for political purposes.” Indeed, the Bushes...
Seventy-five percent of the year’s inductees attended the ceremony which also honored Peter Agre, the 2003 Noble Prize in Chemistry recipient, poet Robert Creeley, recording industry innovator Ray Dolby and Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. Operatic baritone Sherrill Milnes performed for his fellow inductees at the ceremony...
...most country music. So much of it is little more than superficial pop, lacking the real soul of the blues tradition. But Cash's music is different. Whenever I heard his voice and earthy poetry, I was moved. He was the people's poet, with a heart and mind rooted deep in the human experience. JOHN A. SORRELS London...
...most country music. So much of it is little more than superficial pop, lacking the real soul of the blues tradition. Cash's music is different. Whenever I heard his majestic voice and earthy poetry, I was moved. He was the people's poet, with a heart and mind rooted deep in the human experience. The echoes of that voice can be found far and wide across the musical spectrum. John A. Sorrels London...
...favorites is Donald Revell, who’s a contemporary poet that we’re getting to come next week, so I’m very excited about that. But a lot of my favorite writers and artists are actually people I know here at Harvard...