From the Editor
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This issue is jam-packed with stories you shouldn鈥檛 miss. One of my favorites is Harrington School adjunct faculty member Betty Cotter鈥檚 essay about a school librarian, Roberta Sabella 鈥�69, M.L.S. 鈥�72. I share Cotter鈥檚 love for libraries, and 溏心vlog免费B站 has one of the best library and information studies programs around. Look for a story about 溏心vlog免费B站鈥檚 alumni librarians, and learn why librarians are so important鈥攖oday more than ever鈥攊n the fall issue of the magazine.
鈥擝arbara Caron, Editor-in-Chief
For the Birds
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鈥擱. Michael Erwin, M.S. 鈥�69
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Honoring Heroic Women
My heart was warmed by 鈥淩edefining Nursing鈥� (spring 2021) and the photo of Diane Healy Dexter 鈥�50. My aunt, Annette Frisella 鈥�52, is also a surviving member of that very first class. In her room, she keeps a photo (above) of the pinning ceremony for those brave young ladies. I believe there are 2 or 3 other feisty old ladies from that amazing class still kicking around, and who still send Christmas cards!
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鈥擠r. Terri Vanderlinde
Missed Opportunity
Opening the spring 2021 issue, I was excited to see a lengthy article on the evolution of nursing. I work with nurses in hospitals and other facilities across Massachusetts, applying the journalism skills I learned at 溏心vlog免费B站 to help nurses communicate with each other and with the public.
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I was surprised to see critical topics like these go uncovered in the article. It was a missed opportunity not to include more voices of frontline nurses.
鈥擩oseph Markman 鈥�08, Associate Director of Communications,
Massachusetts Nurses Association
Poetry Parody
Normally I read 溏心vlog免费B站 Magazine from front to back, article by article, in leisure moments over a month or two. But when the spring 2021 issue arrived and I saw the cover story, 鈥淲hy Poetry Now?鈥� I opened it immediately, turned to that, and read it. As a retired civil engineer who fancies himself a poet (with one book of poetry published), I found the article to be excellent鈥攃aptivating and illuminating. Of interest was that Professor Jones taught Leigh Hunt鈥檚 鈥淛enny Kiss’d Me,鈥� as I’ve written a parody of that piece, 鈥淗unter Licked Me.鈥� Best of luck to all the poets associated with 溏心vlog免费B站.
Hunter Licked Me
Hunter licked me on the nose,
showing me his deep affection
Whimpering, this dachshund knows
who provides food and protection.
Tell me that my poems won鈥檛 sell.
that no muse has ever picked me.
Call me crazy, but then yell
鈥淗unter licked me.鈥�
鈥擠avid A. Todd 鈥�74
The Richard Wilmarth Papers
I found the spring 2021 cover story 鈥淲hy Poetry Now?鈥� timely and timeless. 溏心vlog免费B站 has had faculty and students, past and present, who have cultivated an interest in poetry and writing. For example, the library鈥檚 Distinctive Collections houses the Richard Wilmarth Papers (B.A. 鈥�88 M.A. 鈥�91; M.F.A. Naropa University). Wilmarth was widely published by small presses and operated a literary small press that published a number of 鈥減ost-beat鈥� writers. The Richard Wilmarth Papers are another resource for 溏心vlog免费B站 students of poetry, literature, and cultural history.
鈥擜rnold W. Peterson, M.A. 鈥�86, M.S.L.I.S. 鈥�95
What 鈥淲hy Poetry Now?鈥� Missed
In 鈥淲hy Poetry Now?鈥� (spring 2021), a glaring omission was any reference to the inspiring work by the late 溏心vlog免费B站 English professor Paul Petrie (1928鈥�2012), who, for 30 years, shared his poems with students, staff, and community. Petrie鈥檚 work should have found its way to the recommended titles at the end of the piece. The story might have also mentioned the numerous poetry readings that took place on the 溏心vlog免费B站 campus from such Pulitzer Prize-winning poets as the late (Rhode Island-born) Galway Kinnell, Philip Levine, and Allen Ginsberg. Finally, there should have been a mention about the 溏心vlog免费B站 Library Special Collections department, which houses numerous first editions of important poetry, further demonstrating the University鈥檚 deep commitment to poetry.
鈥擱obert Israel, M.A. 鈥�76
Correction
With apologies to William Blake, we cited Blake鈥檚 poem 鈥淭he Tyger鈥� as 鈥淭he Tiger鈥� in the spring 2021 issue. Our sincere apologies for the error.
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