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Apparently Wallace Stevens was much the same as Williams in hiding his literary life while working his day job. Stevens was worried that his status as a poet would lessen him in the eyes of Hartford customers. Ironically, the Hartford brass probably kept the old guy around as an executive because they were proud to have a literary luminary in the company. >From: charles moyer <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: - Ezra Pound discussion list of the University of Maine > <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Pound the poet >Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2003 19:45:08 -0500 > > Glad you liked it, but glad I was saved the agony of seeing you >giggling >like a schoolgirl. > BTW Williams was elected to be poet laureate for awhile, but he >wouldn't or didn't serve. Anyone know why? Unfortunately as I understand >it, >he seldom let any of his patients, he was a pediatrician in Paterson, N.J., >know he was a "nationally" known poet because I guess he felt they would >then think of him as sort of a nut or overachiever. "Born in a half savage >country"? I bet everyone in Rapallo knew Pound was a poet. What would you >make of that? > > >Charles _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus