U. of I. Volunteer Finds Unknown Carl Sandburg Poem
Late writer's 'Revolver' takes aim at guns, violence
January 21, 2013|By Bridget Doyle | Tribune reporter
An unknown poem called "A Revolver" by Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Carl Sandburg was recently found in the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. He died in 1967. (Ben Woloszyn, University of Illinois)
With the debate over gun control heating up, a retired volunteer at a University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign made a timely find.
Ernie Gullerud, a former professor of social work at the university, came upon a previously unpublished poem by Carl Sandburg titled "A Revolver," which addresses the issue of guns and violence.
U. of I. English professor emeritus George Hendrick, who has published multiple volumes of Sandburg's poems, said "A Revolver" appears to be from the writer's later work. Hendrick speculated that the poem could be related to Lincoln's assassination.
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Late writer's 'Revolver' takes aim at guns, violence
January 21, 2013|By Bridget Doyle | Tribune reporter
An unknown poem called "A Revolver" by Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Carl Sandburg was recently found in the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. He died in 1967. (Ben Woloszyn, University of Illinois)
With the debate over gun control heating up, a retired volunteer at a University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign made a timely find.
Ernie Gullerud, a former professor of social work at the university, came upon a previously unpublished poem by Carl Sandburg titled "A Revolver," which addresses the issue of guns and violence.
U. of I. English professor emeritus George Hendrick, who has published multiple volumes of Sandburg's poems, said "A Revolver" appears to be from the writer's later work. Hendrick speculated that the poem could be related to Lincoln's assassination.
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/..._1_poem-carl-sandburg-debate-over-gun-control