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"Hail to the Orange" (along with "Illinois Loyalty") is the alma mater of the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign. Its alternate version, "Hail to the Purple," is an official song of the fraternity Sigma Alpha Epsilon. The song was written in 1910 by two students: Harold Vater Hill, credited with the music, and Howard Ruggles Green ...
Buffington, Robert, The Equilibrist: A Study of John Crowe Ransom's Poems,1916-1963, Vanderbilt University Press, 1967. Cary Nelson and Edward Brunner, "John Crowe Ransom" Archived 2008-12-19 at the Wayback Machine, Modern American Poetry, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Grammer, John, 1998, "Fairly Agrarian", Mississippi Quarterly 52.1.
He taught English at Harvard University, the University of Florence, the University of Toronto, Williams College, University of Missouri, and the University of Illinois at Chicago. He was editor of Poetry magazine from 1978 to 1984. [2] The John Frederick Nims Memorial Prize, for poetry translation, is awarded by the Poetry Foundation. [3]
Ralph Joseph Mills Jr. was born in Chicago, Illinois, on December 16, 1931.His father was Ralph J. Mills, president of the Mills Novelty Company in Chicago (inventors and makers of vending, gaming and slot machines, one of the largest in the country) and his mother was Eileen McGuire, whose family owned Beloit Dairy in Chicago.
Whittier was first introduced to poetry by a teacher. His sister Mary Whittier sent his first poem, "The Deity", to the Newburyport Free Press without his permission, and its editor, William Lloyd Garrison, published it on June 8, 1826. [4] Garrison, as well as another local editor, encouraged Whittier to attend the recently opened Haverhill ...
Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks (June 7, 1917 – December 3, 2000) was an American poet, author, and teacher. Her work often dealt with the personal celebrations and struggles of ordinary people in her community.
The Poet Laureate of Illinois is the poet laureate for the U.S. state of Illinois. The state's first three Poets Laureate were named at the initiative of individual governors. [1] In 2003 the title was made into a four-year renewable award. [1] Carl Sandburg was the second poet laureate of Illinois
Edgar Lee Masters (August 23, 1868 – March 5, 1950) was an American attorney, poet, biographer, and dramatist. He is the author of Spoon River Anthology, The New Star Chamber and Other Essays, Songs and Satires, The Great Valley, The Serpent in the Wilderness, An Obscure Tale, The Spleen, Mark Twain: A Portrait, Lincoln: The Man, and Illinois Poems.