Cameron McWhirter wrote:
 
> Ezra Pound signed Omar Pound's birth certificate. Outside of that, I know of
> no evidence to the contrary except for academic gossip.
 
I love the way "academic" is still used as a catch-all pejorative.
 
Anyway, wasn't all this settled years ago? Carpenter says Omar is not EP's son.
Is there any real question on that score?
 
Bill Freind