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Edwin Muir
Edwin Muir 1887-1959, British author, b. Orkney Islands, Scotland. He moved with his family to Glasgow in 1901, where he remained for 18 years. In 1919 he went to London and joined the staff on the New Age. During the early 1920s he traveled on the Continent, supporting himself chiefly with... Read more |
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Muir, Edwin
Muir, Edwin (1887–1959), poet, born in Orkney...to Orage, and contributed to New Age. Muir married Willa Anderson (1890–1970) in...1930–49). More importantly, it freed Muir's imagination as a poet. First Poems... |
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Cheney, John Vance
...Thistle‐Drift (1887), Wood Blooms (1888), and Poems (1905). He was a friend of Joaquin Miller, Edwin Markham, and John Muir. He was librarian of the San Francisco Public Library (1887–94) and of the Newberry Library (1894... |
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San Francisco
...Mulford, Ina Coolbrith, H.H. Bancroft, E.R. Sill, John Muir, Clarence King, and Henry George, many of whom contributed...environs included Frank Norris, Jack London, Gertrude Atherton, Edwin Markham, George Sterling, and the bohemian group Les Jeunes... |
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Leyte Gulf, Battle of
...War II, Vol. 12: Leyte: June 1944–January 1945, 1963. Edwin Hoyt , The Battle for Leyte Gulf, 1972. Thomas J. Cutler , The Battle of Leyte Gulf, 23–26 October 1944, 1994. Malcolm Muir, Jr. |
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Wood, Hugh (Bradshaw)
...25, high v., pf. (1966–83); The Horses (Ted Hughes), Op.10 (1967, rev. 1968); The Rider Victory (Edwin Muir), Op.11 (1968); Song-Cycle to Poems of Neruda, Op.19, high v., chamber ens. (1973–4); Songs... |
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"Between the tiger's paws": Scotland, Czechoslovakia, and the poetry of Edwin...
...past three decades, the poetry of Edwin Muir (1887-1959) has fallen into deep...Atlantic. Even during his lifetime Muir was better known as a critic and translator...poet writing in the plain style, as Muir for the most part did, were easily... |
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Not a bleak message from Edwin Muir
...I think Ron Ferguson misrepresents Edwin Muir's poem One Foot in Eden in his article...light and dark in Orkney (June 20). Muir was certainly preoccupied in his poetry...columnist suggests, in this late poem Muir focuses on the positives to be found... |
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To re-fight the old Muir-MacDiarmid battle
...attempt (May 15) to re-ignite Edwin Muir's old squib about the "sham bards...re-fight the old battle between Muir and Hugh MacDiarmid [pictured] over...literature, taking on the role of Muir's champion. This is sad because... |
 "Deseret News (Salt Lake City)")
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Obituary: Phil Muir Spencer
...great-grandfather, Phil Muir Spencer, passed away January...Randolph, Utah, the son of Edwin Wardley Spencer and Maude Grant Muir. Maude died when Phil was seven...Adrian Grant Spencer, and Edwin Muir Spencer, sisters, Reta Fearn... |
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John Muir community speaks its mind
...continuation school out of John Muir High School," he said. Cynthia Lake, whose taught art at Muir for the past 16 years, also lamented...support for both Superintendent Edwin Diaz - and Muir interim principal Sheryl Orange... |
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Muir meets testing targets
...students were struggling. Last year, Muir posted an API decline to 569, which...high school. This school year, Muir implemented four small learning academies. PUSD Superintendent Edwin Diaz said Muir's gains came during "an emotional... |
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Muir, Altadena rank at bottom of API
...Look up your schools API score John Muir High School and Altadena Elementary...individual schools are performing.Both Muir and Altadena Elementary received...Unified School District Superintendent Edwin Diaz said of Muir's results, considering the ... |
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Muir's Mustang spirit 'lost'
...presentation on the problems at Muir High School PASADENA - John Muir...the district turned its back on Muir long ago," he said. Parents...discriminatory. District Superintendent Edwin Diaz said that although Muir was in the hot seat now, ... |
 "Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)")
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SOUTHERN SECTION ROUNDUP: MUIR UPSETS CRESCENTA VALLEY.(SPORTS)
...would have been for naught had the Muir (2-4, 1-0) defense not saved...the Mustang 27. CV moved to the Muir 11, setting up John Barbaro...25-yard field goal. But five Muir players, including Edwin Furlow, Deon Thomas and Jonathon... |
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240 apply for Muir staff
...for 60 open positions at John Muir High School, Pasadena Unified...eight of the applicants are Muir teachers and other district employees...candidates, said Superintendent Edwin Diaz.Other full-time Muir employees who opted not to re... |
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