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Laura Kalpakian. Laura Anne Kalpakian (born June 28, 1945) is an American author. She has also published under the pen names Juliet Fitzgerald [1] and Carenna Jane Greye. She is known for her work in the memoir genre.
Apr 8, 2024 · The student magazine Whimsies featured Robert Frost in 1921. (Photo courtesy of the Bentley Historical Library) “It was a harrowing experience, especially when Robert Frost kept scolding me over the same old faults — not making my meaning clear, and using old phrases,” she wrote afterward. “My nerves were all on edge to begin with, and ...
Mar 28, 2011 · By Cindy Heflin. Robert Frost, great-grandson of poet Robert Frost, and an associate professor in the School of Information at the University of Michigan, died Saturday after a lengthy battle with cancer, the university said.
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- First Fellow in Creative Arts
- A “Harrowing Experience”
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On Oct. 10, 1921, the editors of Michigan’s student literary magazine, Whimsies,each carrying his or her own poems, stepped gingerly into Professor Roy Cowden’s house on Olivia Street. Then, one by one, the young writers were introduced to their critic for the evening. He was a New England farmer in his mid-40s — “a not-at-all-trim man of medium st...
Burton approached Frost with the offer of an eight-month stipend of $5,000 (donated by the U-M Regent and former Michigan governor Chase Osborn) to become Michigan’s first Fellow in Creative Arts. The poet agreed immediately, telling Burton: “I am somewhat surprised when men of your executive authority … see it as a part of their duty to the state ...
His remarks on students’ readings were “gentle” but exacting. After one unfortunate performance thudded to a close, he diplomatically broke the silence by saying, “You know, there is a difference between fetching and far-fetching … ” But even a kindly critique from Robert Frost could wreck a student’s spirits, as Stella Brunt could attest after rea...
Frost bent to pressure to return for another year, though bad health made that stay less successful. (He wrote his most famous work, “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening,” during the summer between his first and second Ann Arbor sojourns.) Burton brought Frost back for a third fellowship in 1925-26 and sealed an arrangement to make the appointment...
Jul 5, 2023 · Join me in conversation with Laura Kalpakian, author of sixteen novels and four collections of short fiction published in the US and the UK.
Jun 2, 2022 · The New York Times described Graced Land as a “charming, wonderful book.” The pages ripple with humor and energy because even the writing was joyous and rewarding. Elvis’s music pulsated through the speakers while I pounded on the typewriter. I reveled in creating the first-person voice of Cilla Jackson, a sassy, snotty know-it-all thirteen year old girl. I re-arranged the mental ...
