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Contents ix Acknowledgments xi To the Reader 1 Introduction 6 The “Family” 13 Oberlin and Boston, 1958–1959 17 Early Days in Boston First Impressions, January 1959 19 First Meeting with Robert Lowell Boston University, 1959 24 First Classes at Boston University, 1959–1960 31 Sylvia Plath, 1959–1960 43 Robert Lowell’s Appearance 47 Lowell’s Way of Teaching 53 Anne Sexton, 1959–1974 56 Later Visits with Anne Sexton Reflections on Psychotherapy and Sleep 65 Teatime with Robert Lowell and Elizabeth Hardwick 71 Literary Boston in the Late ’50s and ’60s Social Milieu, Class, and the Literary Tradition 79 Significant Other, 1959–1977 84 Adrienne Rich, 1960s 89 The Two Sets of Classes Boston University and Harvard, 1959–1977 96 Elizabeth Bishop and Ping-Pong, 1974–1979 114 Boston and Its Influence Bishop and Lowell 126 Lowell’s Poet Friends Frank Bidart, Lord Gowrie, Bill Alfred • 135 Stanley Kunitz, 1971–2006 143 Lowell and Women Students, Friends, and Wives! 151 Young Marriage in Somerville A Small Apartment, a Mad Inventor, Literary Visitors, 1960–1977 157 He Was Ancient! He Was Over Forty! (After Office Hours at Harvard) 161 The Underside “Madness” and the Culture of Nervous Breakdowns 168 Alcohol and Drugs 170 Gender and Suicide 175 A Gifted Young Student Peter Kaplan, 1963–1977 180 The “Po Biz” Submission, Rejection, Money 189 “Genius at Work” Revision, Presentation, Contribution 198 Allen Ginsberg and Robert Lowell Two Branches of American Poetry 206 The “Romantics” Seminar, Harvard University, Spring 1977 210 Final Spring, 1977 216 Looking for Robert Lowell’s Grave, October 1977 221 Notes of a Witness 227 Notes 231 Selected Bibliography 239 Credits [18.206.12.31] Project MUSE (2024-03-28 12:28 GMT) ...