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CORRESPONDENCE
THE WALTER STONE
MEMORIAL FUND
Gentlemen:
The death of Walter Stone in Lon–
don, March 11, 1959, will be mourned
especially by his many friends, who
gratefully remember his unfailing
kindness and sympathy. His death cut
short a literary career of unusual prom–
ise. The wide attention which his writ–
ing earned is especially extraordinary
because the creative work of this born
writer began to be published only some
eighteen months before his death. He
contributed a "Report from the Acade–
my" to PR and several poems and a
short story to the
New Yorker.
More
of his poetry will appear soon in Scrib–
ner's
Poets of Today
series, and Double–
day will issue a volume of his stories.
Walter Stone's friends have set up
a fund to provide for the education of
his three daughters. Contributions are
tax-deductible. They should be made
payable to the "Walter Stone Memorial
Fund, Vassar College" and sent to
Lynn Bartlett, Treasurer of the Fund,
Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New
York.
Sincerely yours,
Henry Popkin
MR. GINSBERG REPLIES
TO MRS. TRILLING
The universe
i.
a new flower.
Allen Ginsberg
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The Willner of the first
Ingram Merrill
Foundation Award
by
W D. SNODGRASS
ROBERT LOWELL
has
said of W D. Snodgrass:
"He is wonderfully fresh
and clear and personaL, ..
I really think he is
the
poet
with content of his genera–
tion."
Snodgrass knows what he
wants to say; he is ambi–
tious; and he has developed
the poetic equipment with
which
to
express his emo–
tions and ideas. His poems
are beautifully balanced
between the general world
and the poet's particular
spirit. They are full, that is,
of things known, familiar
as parts of life
to
the mem–
bers of his generation.
Here, then, is the first
book by a poet who prom–
ises to become a fixed fig–
ure on the American scene.
$3·75 at1nost bookstores
ALFRED A. KNOPF
Publisher
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