by Neil | Feb 25, 2023 | Uncategorized
“We forget too easily: woman as an intellectual has existed in appreciable numbers only for the last sixty or seventy years. We know stories of her and about her, but her history — a history of incredible exertion and courage, but also of incredible...
by Neil | Feb 21, 2023 | Uncategorized
…for connecting Martha Graham’s enduring legacy with the Paul Taylor Dance Company – coming to the University of Denver Robert and Judi Newman Center for the Performing Arts – starting March 27th. Click here and scroll down to see the...
by Neil | Feb 13, 2023 | Uncategorized
Steve Clay and Mary Catherine Kinniburgh of the venerable Granary Books came to see me today. Can it be that a half-century has passed since I founded The Niagara Magazine, published my dissertation on the manuscripts and letters of William Carlos Williams, received...
by Neil | Feb 12, 2023 | Uncategorized
I was listening to a group of Black high school students in Florida responding to Governor DeSantis’ dictum about cancelling the AP African American Studies course – and this young man said, “It’s like they’re saying we have no...
by Neil | Jan 20, 2023 | Uncategorized
Our one-hour webinar on Thursday evening, January 19, 2023, exploring the complex affinities and inevitable divergences of Martha Graham and Anna Sokolow, was well-attended, lively and provocative. And it took a village of dance people. Gratitude and kudos to Samantha...
