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ente red th e sc hoo l system and the w ho le idea of do in g came lo ng befo re
telev isio n. It was a very powe rful influ e nce-anti - reading, an ti - memo–
ri za ti o n , lea r n in g state by state what geography was .
Edith Kurzweil:
We've to uched a lo t o n Alll eri ca n edu ca ti on . Still ,
w hil e sOlll e of yo u we n t to th e fa ncy sc hoo ls, I was a refu gee ki d . I we nt
to
C ity Coll ege, w hi ch had a ve ry di ffe rent and exhausti ve curri cululll ,
th at cost no thin g. Exc use me: we paid $B a selll es ter, fo r library fees plus
registrati o n . You had a ve ry r ig id curri culum , courses in each o f the hard
sciences, in literatu re, languages, ctc. of th e kin d yo u don' t have in mos t
universities anYlll o re. Uut was thi s du e to amu ence) D o we have any mo re
comments?
Joanna Rose:
If no onc has any Ill o re ques ti ons, I'd like to invite you all
in fo r desse rt and coffee o r w in e.
Coming in
Partisan R eview:
• Susa n Haac k :
T il e Besl MI1 Il .fin
Ilu;
Job
May Be
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WO II/ I1 Il
• N ew Ficti o n by Leonard Mi chaels
• Deni s Donoghu e rev iews
T ile Col/cctcd
lMl yks
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HIIIII/ c
• Euge ne Good hea rt on Philip
I~o th
• J.D. McClatchy o n David Ferry and Will ard Spiegelman
N ew Poems by:
• C harl es W right
• W. S. DiPi ero
• James Laughlin
• C hri stoph er Mi ddl eton
