Eric Rosenblum in The New Yorker yesterday:
"Her English teacher introduced Dunn to Thoreau’s 'Walden,'
from which she later said that she learned 'the concept that
if you examine anything closely you will see all of the forces
of the universe at work.' As a student at Reed College, Dunn
found a kindred spirit in her poetry professor, Galway Kinnell,
the first writer who could serve as a plausible role model—
like Dunn, Kinnell had escaped working-class roots to study at
an élite college."
See also other Log24 posts tagged Kinnell .