“On Whitman - His poetry refreshed me like harsh salt spray.”
From Memorial by William Hayes Ward to The Poems of Sidney Lanier (ed. Mary D Lanier)
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Essays and reviews
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Other works
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Bill Hicks (1961–1994) American comedian
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J. V. Cunningham (1911–1985) American writer
'Poetry, Structure and Tradition' Dec 31 1939
General
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Randy Pausch book The Last Lecture
The Last Lecture (2008)