Monday, April 25, 2005
It's not often that a young poet or artist gets a chance to grandstand in the national press. I haven't read the poem yet but Bolles seems like a fairly typical a-hole graduate writing student, if a bit older than the rebellious norm (& his teacher a p/c liberal) & if he doesn't squeeze a book deal out of his 14 1/2 minutes of fame he's pathetic, too. It's all been resolved anyway, unless the guy doesn't like his final grade & sues. Yahoo! News - University Class Bars Student Over Poem: NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Southern Connecticut State University barred a student from a poetry class after his professor said a poem he submitted contained veiled threats to sexually assault her and her 3-year-old daughter.
The student, Edward Bolles, said his poem entitled "Professor White," was meant to be a satirical piece about globalization. In it, a Mexican student named Juan has a sexual encounter with the daughter of his white professor.
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be." Thomas Jefferson
The student, Edward Bolles, said his poem entitled "Professor White," was meant to be a satirical piece about globalization. In it, a Mexican student named Juan has a sexual encounter with the daughter of his white professor.
