At the poetics seminar yesterday, Joe Harrington from the English department presented part of his fascinating multi-genre biography of his mother, who had worked for Senator Dole (Sr.) and died when Joe was 12. Part of the room might have wished him to be more directly sentimental, the other part of the room would have wished him to be more experimental or "unconventional," highlighting the collage aspects of the work even more. In any case, the project is sure to be a great hit when it is published.