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Tag Archives: ralph waldo emerson
Yays & Nays: Making Love and Meaning Out of Nothing at All*
When SKG asked me to participate in this panel (or, rather, when I volunteered), I was pretty sure I knew what I was going to talk about. Early in my career here, at Suffolk, I was told there was no difference, … Continue reading
Posted in essays, Panel Discussions, Presentations
Tagged Adam Penna, Emerson, FASCC, Fiction in the Program Era, Francis Bacon, Look Homeward Angel, Marc McGurl, NYSUT, NYU, Poems, Poetry, pragmatism, Professors on Wheels, ralph waldo emerson, Regan, Risk, Suffolk County Community College, Thomas Wolfe, Unionism
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On an “Original Relation to the Universe”
“Why should not we also enjoy an original relation to the universe?” –from Nature, Ralph Waldo Emerson On a short walk this morning†, I noticed that ghostly day-moon above me and began to think of those wonderful Stevens’ poems, where … Continue reading
Posted in Choosings & Leavings
Tagged Emerson, God, moon, nature, nature ralph waldo emerson, poets, ralph waldo emerson, universe, walking, walks, Wallace Stevens, zucchini, zucchini flowers
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Adam Penna 