Authors Ackerman and West talk about words at play Ithaca writers Paul West and Diane Ackerman give the final lecture in the Summer Sessions series July 29 in the David L. Call Alumni Auditorium of Kennedy Hall.
All language is poetry.
Each word is a small story, thick with its meaning, but we ignore the picturesque origins of words when we utter them. When we stand by our scruples, we don't think of our feet. Thus a scrupulous person is so sensitive he's irritated by the smallest stone. Don't take yourself so seriously. West and Ackerman took risks themselves by making quip after quip, causing ripples of laughter in the audience.