Posts Tagged ‘Ohio State University’
From “Good Old Columbus Town:” James Thurber born December 8, 1894
It’s been fifty-three years since James Thurber died, but his work is still very much with us, as attested to by the recent remake of “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,” featuring Ben Stiller. Thurber, one of our best twentieth century American humorists, was born on December 8, 1894 in Columbus, Ohio. His family life…
Read MoreMary Oliver: At Home in the Natural World.
The recent date of September 10, 2014 marks the seventy-ninth birthday of the distinguished poet Mary Oliver, born on September 10, 1935 in Maple Heights, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland. She is one of America’s most popular and best-selling poets, and she has accumulated numerous honors, having won the National Book Award, the Pulitzer Prize,…
Read MoreHarlan Hatcher: Buckeye Extraordinaire.
The author Harlan Hatcher was born 116 years ago today on September 9, 1898 in Ironton, Ohio. He lived for nearly a century, dying at the age of 99 in 1998. Harlan Hatcher was a true man of letters: a novelist, editor, historian, and literary critic, as well as a teacher who became a successful…
Read MoreCongratulations to Vijay Seshadri!
Congratulations to Vijay Seshadri, winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for his book 3 Sections: Poems. Seshadri was born in Bangalore, Indiana and came to the United States with his family when he was five years old. He grew up in Columbus, Ohio, where his father was a chemistry professor at Ohio State…
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