Born OTD: Wallace Stevens (1879-1955).<\/p>\n
Mr. Stevens studied literature at Harvard and also pursued earned a law degree from the New York School of Law in 1904 and practiced law for a while, then moving into the insurance business, and became quite successful, but also pursued his love of poetry. Among his most famous works are Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird<\/a> and The Emperor of Ice Cream.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n For more on Wallace Stevens, here’s a short bibliography.<\/p>\n Thomas C. Grey, Steel against Intimation: The Motive for Metaphor of Wallace Stevens, Esq.<\/em>, 2 Yale J.L. & Human. 231 (1990)<\/span><\/p>\n Thomas C. Grey, The Wallace Stevens Case: The Law and Practice of Poetry (Harvard University Press, 1991).<\/p>\n Daniel L. Kornstein,\u00a0The Double Life of Wallace Stevens: Is Law Ever the “Necessary Angel” of Creative Art? <\/em>41 N. Y. L. Sch. L. Rev. 1187 (1996-1997).<\/p>\n Paul Mariani, The Whole Harmonium (Simon & Schuster, 2016).<\/p>\n Peter Schjeldahl, Insurance Man: The Life and Art of Wallace Stevens<\/a><\/p>\n See also<\/p>\n