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Memorizing a poem in a linguistics class (Denise Levertov’s “To the Reader”)
The course was called "Linguistics and Literature"; the teacher was Melissa Monroe. One day, she wrote a poem on the board: "To the Reader", by Denise Levertov. Sitting in the back row of the small lecture hall, I was pleased to see my teacher's poem on the board. Rather