Category Archives: Journalism

March on Washington: unsung

Posted on August 28, 2013 by wcd2

August 28, 2013 No, not literally unsung.   In fact, the most memorable moments at the microphone, other than Martin Luther King’s “I had a Dream” speech,  featured singers: Mahalia Jackson; Marian Anderson; Peter, Paul and Mary; Joan Baez and … Continue reading →

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Muriel Rukeyser, journalist

Posted on August 21, 2013 by wcd2

August 21, 2013 Today, as Bradley Manning is sentenced to 35 years in prison for leaking classified documents,  I think about all the trials that shadowed American literature: Sacco and Vanzetti, the Scottsboro Case, and, probably not so well-known, the … Continue reading →

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Muriel Rukeyser, Wallace Stevens: Books of the Dead

Posted on December 26, 2012 by wcd2

December 26, 1012 There’s a picture of the two of them – Stevens standing at the back, and Rukeyser seated in front with Marianne Moore.   To the left of him from where they were, and to the left of … Continue reading →

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