
Jay Parini
CommentatorJay Parini is a poet and novelist, and the D. E. Axinn Professor of English & Creative Writing at Middlebury College.
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In the late sixties, I spent time in Ukraine and Crimea. Back then, the region was still part of the Soviet Empire, and I vividly remember my talks with…
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As a college teacher, I pay attention to the beginning of the school year. It always moves me to see the first year students arrive on campus, eager and…
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For more than thirty years, I’ve had a kid at home – the last one leaves for UVM this fall – and I am starting to wonder if I will, in fact, begin to ask…
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http://www.vpr.net//audio/programs/56/2013/03/Parini-0326.mp3(Host) The tenth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq passed recently, and Jay Parini has…
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http://www.vpr.net//audio/programs/56/2013/03/03032013_vpr_Parini.mp3(Host) And now we turn to our Sunday Essay. Today, poet and novelist Jay Parini…
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http://www.vpr.net/audio/programs/56/2012/12/Parini-1225.mp3(Host) As Christmas arrives once again, writer, teacher and commentator Jay Parini remembers…
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http://www.vpr.net/audio/programs/56/2012/11/Parini-1114.mp3(Host)The arrival of a new president at UVM has educator, writer and commentator Jay Parini…