James A. Winn

Scholar:

Guggenheim Fellowship

Appointment as William Fairfield Warren Professor

Learn about Work in Progress.

Recent Publications:
The Poetry of War (Cambridge, 2008)
Listen to an interview on NPR’s “On Point”
Read a review in Choice.
Read a review in the Journal of Military History.
Read a review in Essays in Criticism
Listen to BBC program on Dryden and Purcell.

 Academic Profile 
Curriculum Vitae

      

 Flutist:

Upcoming  concerts:
September 23, Taylor House, Jamaica Plain, MA with
David Kopp, piano:

Musical selection of the month: 
César Franck, Sonata in A major
“Allegretto ben moderato”
WAV     MP3
 Musical Profile

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    Background image: Anne Killigrew,
    Venus Adorned by the Graces, c. 1684    

     

    Poem of the month:

     Time can say nothing but I told you so,
    Time only knows the price we have to pay;
    If I could tell you, I would let you know.

    If we should weep when clowns put on their show,
    If we should stumble when musicians play,
    Time can say nothing but I told you so.

    There are no fortunes to be told, although
    Because I love you more than I can say,
    If I could tell you, I would let you know.

    The winds must come from somewhere when they blow,
    There must be reasons why the leaves decay;
    Time can say nothing but I told you so.

    Perhaps the roses really want to grow,
    The vision seriously intends to stay;
    If I could tell you, I would let you know.

    Suppose the lions all get up and go,
    And all the brooks and soldiers run away?
    Time can say nothing but I told you so.
    If I could tell you, I would let you know. 

                                                                  ——W. H. Auden

     

    30 April 2012