Lorine Niedecker, via the Poetry Foundation Listening to a recent talk on ecology and contemporary poetry given by Professor Margaret Ronda, I was struck by how closely the aesthetic and political concerns of Objectivist poet Lorine Niedecker mirror those of William Morris, who was writing 75-100 years earlier. Niedecker’s work evinces a discomfort with the new, …
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The William Morris Society in the United States is pleased to announce its new “Teaching Morris” initiative. As part of this effort, the governing body of the WMS has approved the creation of a “Teaching Morris” advisory board. The advisory board will consist of five members, with no more than two from the governing board. …
St. Margaret: One of two Edward Burne-Jones windows in the Second Presbyterian Church.(Photo courtesy of Yooperann on Flickr.) Chicago was cold and wet, with snow and slush everywhere. Instead of sidewalks there were slidewalks. Was it the plan of the MLA convention organizers to pick a location that kept people indoors? If it was, it …
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