[New-Poetry] Bon Jovi, Shaq,Doc Williams and old Walt...where's Ginsberg?

[TheOldMole]

Will they pay by the word?

Bob Grumman wrote:
> TheOldMole wrote:
>> Among the inevitable roster of athletes and entertainers inducted 
>> into the New Jersey Hall of Fame on Monday, three literary luminaries 
>> were recognized by the state for their contributions. From a 
>> shortlist of nominees, New Jersey residents selected Pulitzer 
>> Prize–winning poet William Carlos Williams, who also served the 
>> community as a physician; Walt Whitman, who lived in Camden during 
>> the latter part of his life; and F. Scott Fitzgerald, who attended 
>> school in Hackensack.
>>
>> Williams’s granddaughter, Daphne Fox-Williams, who lives in the 
>> poet’s hometown of Rutherford, told the /Star-Ledger /that the honor 
>> was anticipated. “He contributed his life to New Jersey as much as 
>> anybody else who's ever lived here,” Fox-Williams said of her 
>> grandfather. “The recognition is long overdue.”
>>
>> The writers join astronomer Carl Sagan, musician Jon Bon Jovi, and 
>> basketball legend Shaquille O'Neal, as well as seven others, in the 
>> Hall of Fame's second round of inductions. Toni Morrison was among 
>> the first honorees in 2007. A formal induction ceremony will take 
>> place on May 3 at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark.
>>
>> “This group of hall of famers embodies the spirit of New Jersey, a 
>> combination of drive, determination and creativity that has led them 
>> to greatness,” New Jersey governor Jon Corzine said in a statement. 
>> “The New Jersey hall should serve as a reminder that the people of 
>> New Jersey strive for excellence and engage in myriad productive and 
>> rewarding activities that help society and give back to mankind.”
>>
> I understand David Graham has been invited to the presentation to do a 
> reading of "The Red Wheelbarrow."
>
> --Bob
>
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