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

[Anny Ballardini]

You terrible long tongues (as they say in Italy), I loved it instead, and I
think they should keep it up!


On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 5:01 PM, TheOldMole <Opus40-01 at opus40.org> wrote:

> 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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