Every semester, on the first day of the poetry courses I teach, I hold up Lilla Cabot Perry’s portrait of Edwin Arlington Robinson and tell the students an only slightly embellished anecdote. This ...

Miniver Cheevy, child of scorn, Grew lean while he assailed the seasons; He wept that he was ever born, And he had reasons. Miniver loved the days of old When swords were bright and steeds were ...

Edwin Arlington Robinson’s tale of a man out of time.

(Originally published by the Daily News on June 05, 1942. This story was written by Kate Cameron.) Jan Struther, author of those charming and amusing sketches that became a best seller when issued in ...