In Defense of Poetry
October 2, 2001
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In Defense of
Poetry
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In the wake of 9/11, the 3rd Annual Campbell
Corner Poetry Contest Reading turned into
a defense of poetry.
"In Defense of Poetry" was held
in the pillow room of the Esther Raushenbush
Library at Sarah Lawrence College.
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Faculty, staff, alumnae/i, and students
shared work that drew on the power of poetry
to provide continuity and courage in the
face of suffering, war, and conflict.
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"We're going to go on, at Sarah
Lawrence, about the business of trying to
write good poems and stories and non-fiction.
We're going to go on teaching because art
makes us a little more human, a little more
alive, and much less alone. We're going
to keep writing because writing is an act
of creation, by nature a life-affirming
act, and therefore an act that is the opposite
of death and cruelty or injustice."
---Writing faculty Thomas Lux and Suzanne
Gardinier, as reported in the Autumn 2001
issue of "Sarah Lawrence Magazine"
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