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

[Bob Grumman]

TheOldMole wrote:
> Will they pay by the word?
Well, I heard they offered David ten thousand, but but he turned it 
down, memorably saying that the poem was so good, he'd pay /them/ to let 
him read it.  So if we don't hear from him for a while, it'll be because 
he's practicing.

--Bob


>
> 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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