Mark Van Doren

Mark Van Doren (June 13, 1894 – December 10, 1972) earned a PH. D at Columbia University and taught there for nearly forty years. His 1939 volume of Collected Poems won a Pulitzer Prize in 1939. He also wrote several novels and a play, "The Last Days of Lincoln," (1959). He served on the staff of The Nation from 1924-1928 and again from 1935-1938.

Currently

  • A Night at the Opera

    January 17, 2009

    How many people can you stuff in a stateroom the size of a steamer trunk? At least twelve, apparently.

  • Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

    January 2, 2009

    "Next thing you know, Mr. Deeds' a millionaire, kin folks said...."

  • A Day at the Races

    January 2, 2009

    Who doesn't love a hot tootsie-frootsie ice cream?

2008

  • Modern Times

    December 18, 2008

    This was supposed to be Charlie Chaplin's first talkie, but he wisely realized that to preserve the charm of the Little Tramp, he also had to preserve the silence.

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