I don't know about a visit, but Pound from Europe wrote letters to
Berryman in an attempt to keep culture and arts going in the right
direction across the Atlantic. He thought Berryman one of the people who
was essential to that effort. These letters are probably in the Berryman
library at the University of Minnesota.> Hello,
>
> I was wondering if anyone knows if John Berryman visited Pound, and if
> so under what conditions. Also, is there any speculation as to the
> influence of the Cantos on Berryman's "Dream Songs"?
>
> Thanks


      I never submitted the whole system of my
      opinions to the creed of any party of men
      whatever...where I was capable of thinking
      for myself. Such an addiction is the last
      degredation of a free and moral agent. If I
      could not go to heaven but with a party, I
      would not go there at all.
            Thomas Jefferson, from Paris, 1789

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