*Lawrence wrote:*
I bought the just published *The Ocean, the Bird and the Scholar *by poetry
critic Helen Vendler. In her introduction she mentions being married, for
a short time, to the linguist and philosopher Zeno Vendler. I have
encountered Helen Vendler frequently, never Zeno, but then why would I?
Perhaps Speranza would be able to say the opposite.
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Zeno was born in 1921 and died in 2004. He didn't publish a great deal.
Helen was born in 1933. The Vendlers did not stay together long. I think
it's fair to say that Helen had the more semi-illustrious career.
If 'encounter' means to cross paths with, one's much more likely to have
met her in print, instead, especially in the pages of the *New York Review
of Books. *I'm sure that JL *would* say the
opposite.
Robert Paul
