NC Literary Lights: The Lost World of Randall Jarrell
Wednesday, January 19 2011
by Frank Stasio and Susan Davis
Randall Jarrell's World War II poetry is some of the most revered and anthologized in the English language. He is also considered a peerless critic and essayist of profound sensitivity. He spent much of his professional life as a beloved teacher at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro when it was called The Woman's College in the 1940s and 1950s. Jarrell was hit by a car and died while he was out walking in Chapel Hill in 1965, leaving an impressive collection of poetry, criticism, books for children, and grieving readers. As part of our North Carolina Literary Lights Series host Frank Stasio is joined by a panel of Jarrell scholars and intimates to consider the poet's enduring contribution to American letters. Guests include: Stephen Burt, a Professor of English at Harvard and the author of several books including "Randall Jarrell on W.H. Auden" (Columbia University Press/2005); Richard Flynn, a professor of literature at Georgia Southern University and the author of the book "Randall Jarrell and the Lost World of Childhood" (University of Georgia Press/1990); Gibbons Ruark, author of several books of poetry; and Heather Ross Miller, a poet and student of Jarrell’s.
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