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Vachel Lindsay in 1912. While in New York in 1905 Lindsay turned to poetry in earnest. He tried to sell his poems on the streets. Self-printing his poems, he began to barter a pamphlet titled Rhymes To Be Traded For Bread, which he traded for food as a self-perceived modern version of a medieval troubadour.
Filsinger was shocked. After the divorce she moved only two blocks from her old home on Central Park West. She rekindled her friendship with Vachel Lindsay, who was now married with children. In 1933, she died by suicide, overdosing on sleeping pills. [7] Lindsay had died by suicide two years earlier.
Vachel Lindsay (1879–1931) is often referred to as the most intensely romantic American poet of his generation. [6] Notably, Lindsay's career and personal life took a downturn after publication of The Golden Book in 1920. After rising in popularity during the 1910s for his rhythmic, musical brand of poetry performance, the poet published his ...
Vachel Lindsay: 1879–1931 A poet who took phenobarbital for his epilepsy. [136] Laurie Lee: 1914–1997 A poet, novelist and screenwriter, most famous for his autobiographical trilogy (which includes Cider with Rosie). His epilepsy probably developed after he was knocked down by a bicycle at the age of 10.
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He authored numerous critical essays and articles, and has edited the poems of Vachel Lindsay (Selected Poems of Vachel Lindsay, 1963) and the journals of James Boswell (Heart of Boswell, 1981). Harris also wrote biographies of Lindsay (City of Discontent, 1952) and Saul Bellow (Saul Bellow: Drumlin Woodchuck, 1980).
Kris Radcliffe “died unexpectedly” at the age of 51 on Wednesday, Oct. 30, according to his co-anchor Lindsay Liepman, who announced the news during NBC affiliate KCEN-TV's evening telecast ...
Lindsay, who served more than 38 years in the Army, was selected by Reagan in 1988 as the first commander of the U.S. Special Operations Command.