William Carlos Williams has been considered one of America's foremost modernists, perhaps the quintessential avant-gardist, one who has had a profound influence on subsequent generations of writers. Throughout his life Williams espoused the creation of a...

One should perhaps always resist the temptation to sum up a writer's life and work, his "essence," by way of a single revealing anecdote. In the case of William Carlos Williams, however, a story Kenneth Burke has told captures something of that special q...

One should perhaps always resist the temptation to sum up a writer's life and work, his "essence," by way of a single revealing anecdote. In the case of William Carlos Williams, however, a story Kenneth Burke has told captures something of that special q...

THE OVERTURE Center for the Arts opened its doors September 18 in Madison, WI. Designed by Cesar Pelli, the structure welds sleek, posh, postmodern Overture Hall to the city's former premier stage, the Capitol Theater, a refurbished 1928 Rapp and Rapp movie house. In...

University Wire 02-08-2005 (Badger Herald) (U-WIRE) MADISON, Wis. -- Irish dancing is an interesting phenomenon. Like many of the more mainstream athletic dances, such as swing dancing and break dancing, it grew as a street dance, a folk dance of the working class. As...