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ROBERT PENN WARREN

LOUIS UNTERMEYER
MARCH 14....8:00 P.M.... LEAGUE BALLROOM
A most "literate" man, Louis Untermeyer's long literary career is a many-faceted one,
each plane more fully realized than the last. A poet in his own right, he has brought the
poetry of others as well (unavailable except in "Little Magazines") to large appreciative
audiences. As editor and critic, Untermeyer's generous praise and influence has rescued
many a promising writer from literary oblivion. Louis Untermeyer will speak on "What
Americans Read and Why."
ROBERT PENN WARREN
MARCH 18...8:00 P.M.... RACKHAM
Eloquent and forceful, Robert Penn Warren has achieved excellence and high praise in
three overlapping areas as poet, novelist, and critic. His criticism, both literary and social
(see his most recent article, "The Negro Now" in March 23rd Look Magazine) avoids
"simple" explanations in its movement toward understanding. His novels and poetry
mirror the ethical complexities of contemporary existence. With Promises: Poems
1954-1956 Warren had the distinction of receiving the Pulitzer Prize and the National
Book Award.
ROBERT LOWELL
MARCH 20...8:30 P.M.... HILL AUDITORIUM
Acclaimed by many as the best poet now writing in English, Robert Lowell's poetry is a
poetry of "coming to terms," of intense and often violent struggle with the most ele-
mentary, the most profound questions. It ranges back in guilt-laden examination of the
New England past, forward to the horrors of the totalitarian state, of war, of shattered
faith. Nothing escapes his eye, little remains unexamined. Yet if he catalogues life's
absurdities, at the same time, he is aware of its wonders, its joys, and sings their praise.
JOHN BERRYMAN
MARCH 21 ...3:00 P.M.... UNION BALLROOM
In a difficult age, it is a pleasant surprise to find a poet who can smile, even laugh, in
the midst of life's most trying hours. John Berryman's long poem, Homage to Mistress
Bradstreet, is firmly rooted in the American tradition of a search for language and theme
through the discovery of a viable myth. Berryman's myth is the Puritan poet, Ann Brad-
street, and his celebration of her rivals T. S. Eliot's Wasteland in its force, its dazzling
complexity. His 77 Dream Songs are different things. Brave, serious, original-they
contain humor that is not without irony or bawdiness. The "dream songs" are remarkable
to the eye, even more so to the ear.

LOUIS UNTERMEYER

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ROBERT LOWELL

SHEPHERD MEAD
MARCH 26...8:00 P.M.... UNION BALLROOM
"Mass culture, who needs it," is an ironic commentary to exude from Mead, who in his
successes, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, and How to Live Like a
Lord Without Really Trying has cleverly exploited our society's affluent goals. Yet this
attitude is in character and he is respected for his pithy comments on our "mass-culture"
civilization.
IN WHITE AMERICA
MARCH 30-31 ...TRUEBLOOD AUDITORIUM
Climaxing the Festival is In White America, Off-Broadway's longest running presentation
of last season and winner of the Vernon Rice Award. This flaming and controversial
narration of the Negro's history in America was written by Martin Duberman, Princeton
history professor. In White America, which is brought here under the joint sponsorship
of the Professional Theater Program and the Creative Arts Festival, last summer was pre-
sented by the Free Southern Theater in a series of 17 performances throughout the South.

SHEPHERD MEAD

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