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

[TheOldMole]

SO much depends....

so MUCH depends....

so much dePENDS....

ah, the agony of it!

Bob Grumman wrote:
> 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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