Christopher Merrill introduces Edward Hirsch who reads his poem 'Krackow 6 A.M.' Hirsch discusses the history of arguments against poetry such as that of Plato's. Hirsch believes that poetry uses fiction in order to tell the truth and that poetry...
Edward Hirsch reads from his new book, "The Living Fire: New and Selected Poems."
Hirsch is the author of seven previous collections of poetry and four prose books, among them "How to Read a Poem and Fall in Love with Poetry," a national best...
Dean Wilcox Dies -- Scholarship Statistics -- Some Evidences of Growth -- Walter A. Jessup, The New President -- Macbride, President Emeritus -- Homecoming, Nov. 24-25 -- Classes Make Gifts -- Life Memberships -- Dean William Craig Wilcox -- Fifth...
President Hancher Reports on The State of the University -- "I'm Tired" -- The Attitudes of Iowans -- International Spotlight on SUI Physicists -- Complete in this Issue: American Higher Education—1958 -- Reunions -- The Buried Story of Man --...
The Ticklish Art -- SUI Ding Darling Cartoon Collection -- Cartoonists in a Grand Tradition -- Their Favorite Cartoons --
Rx For Pharmacists -- Manufactured Hallucinations -- Peace Corps Service: Challenge of the Mid-Sixties -- Creative Heart of...
SCHOOL WORK: Most University of Iowa students work to make ends meet. Caught between their aspirations and the perspiration it takes to achieve them, they're learning skills that will transfer to the careers they pursue after graduation. -- WHEN...
IN CLASS: Students discover everything they wanted to know—and more—in a class that analyzes the links between sex and culture. -- A Grand Experiment: Medical experiments move out of the laboratory and into the kitchens and everyday lives of...
"Greeting": Clarke -- The Athletic Horizon -- Good Start for Association -- Football Journalism in 1875 -- Alumni Laboratory Useful -- Thirty-one Marriages -- Homecoming Edition: Nov. 1 -- Come Home Nov. 15 -- The Iowa Spirit of 1899 -- Chicago...
"The third annual exhibition of contemporary art (The Iowa Summer Show) is presented by the School of Fine Arts at the State University of Iowa as one of the major events of the Ninth Annual Fine Arts Festival. The exhibition this year presents...
Festival included: panel featuring Grant Wood, Paul Green, Lawrence Tibbett, Frank Lloyd Wright; exhibition of paintings by Grant Wood and Marvin Cone; graduate student art exhibition; plays and musical performances.