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Marianne Moore on the There Elements of Persuasive Writing

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Marianne Moore on the There Elements of Persuasive Writing
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Several years ago, rummaging through the archives of the Academy of American Poets, I came upon a box labeled “Ballots 1950” — the record of the secret vote by the chancellors the year the Academy’s prestigious fellowship was awarded to E.E. Cummings, catapulting him into renown. The voting process is a black box — no one outside the Academy ever finds out who else is in the running and by how much the winner wins.
Leafing through the ballots, one other name appear

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