Michael ThurstonMichael Thurston is the Helen Means Professor of English at Smith College. His previous books include?Making Something Happen: American Political Poetry between the World Wars,?The Underworld Descent in Twentieth-CenturyPoetry, and?Reading Postwar British and Irish Poetry?(with Nigel Alderman). He is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship and currently serves as Provost and Dean of the Faculty.? Read More Read Less