Word: writing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Edna Ferber will attend the Republican and Democratic National Conventions and write them up from the view-point of the famous Edna McChesney...
...Fiume, yet, contrary to his intentions, he begins to argue by saying that Italy in possessing Fiume would virtually bottle up the Balkan Slavs; besides, he gives no proofs for this false statement. And it is this and the astonishing assertions about D'Annunzio that compel me to write you this letter...
...most valuable features of the library is the shelves of recent books, which, through direct purchasing in the market, are acquired and set up for use several months in advance of all other University libraries. Through a system of suggestion books, in which members write the titles of volumes they wish purchased, the books bought are always those in demand, and sure to be well used. An especially popular corner is where the latest works of poetry are kept...
...extraordinary that this war has produced so many poets," said Mr. Cecil Roberts, the English poet in a recent interview for the CRIMSON on the relation between the world war and poetry. "Every young man could, if he would, write verse, but heretofore he has been ashamed of it. The poet has been considered too aesthetic and not in keeping with the spirit of healthy athleticism. But the world has changed affairs considerably. Usually before a man went into battle he wrote a semi-hysterical 'death-letter' to send away. But he also wrote a letter to himself,--a sort...
...relief from the tremendous strains of battle, many men began to write poetry. The average of this poetry was not very high, although it was above that of the works of the young poets in normal times. This fact may be attributed to the reason that, whereas the young poets had previously treated light, inconsequential subjects, in this case they were brought face to face with the fundamental questions of life and death. Men who had never written before took it up and some remarkable poets have come as a result. The war was merely an excuse for printing poetry...