{"id":11474,"date":"2014-01-03T17:12:26","date_gmt":"2014-01-03T21:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/?page_id=11474"},"modified":"2014-02-03T11:25:22","modified_gmt":"2014-02-03T15:25:22","slug":"conversations-hall","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/conversations-hall\/","title":{"rendered":"Conversations About Poems in Progress &#8211; Donald Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The following conversations about poems-in-progress are organized chronologically by letter under each poem title. Each link leads to a letter in which Hall and McNair critique and discuss potential improvements and edits to the poem in question.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><\/strong>Stone Walls<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/mcnair-to-hall-september-3-1977\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">September 3, 1977<\/span><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/hall-to-mcnair-april-11-1978\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">April 11, 1978<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">6 October 1980<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/mcnair-to-hall-april-26-1980\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">April 26, 1980<\/span><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/hall-to-mcnair-may-1-1980\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">May 1, 1980<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Epithalamion<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a href=\"web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/mcnair-to-hall-april-26-1980\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">April 26, 1980<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Poultry<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a href=\"web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/mcnair-to-hall-april-26-1980\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">April 26, 1980<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Glass<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a href=\"web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/mcnair-to-hall-april-26-1980\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">April 26, 1980<\/span><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/hall-to-mcnair-may-1-1980\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">May 1, 1980<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Fires for Tending<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a href=\"web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/mcnair-to-hall-april-26-1980\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">April 26, 1980<\/span><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/hall-to-mcnair-may-1-1980\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">May 1, 1980<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Whip Poor Will<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a href=\"web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/mcnair-to-hall-april-26-1980\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">April 26, 1980<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Day I Was Older<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/mcnair-to-hall-march-3-1984\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">March 3, 1984<\/span><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/hall-to-mcnair-march-13-1984\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">March 13, 1984<\/span><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/mcnair-to-hall-april-2-1984\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">April 2, 1984<\/span><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/hall-to-mcnair-april-11-1984\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">April 11, 1984<\/span><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/hall-to-mcnair-may-9-1984\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">May 9, 1984<\/span><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/hall-to-mcnair-may-31-1984\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">May 31, 1984<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Six Naps in One Day<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/mcnair-to-hall-march-3-1984\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">March 3, 1984<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Acorns<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/mcnair-to-hall-march-3-1984\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">March 3, 1984<\/span><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/hall-to-mcnair-march-13-1984\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">March 13, 1984<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">New Animals<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/mcnair-to-hall-march-3-1984\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">March 3, 1984<\/span><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/hall-to-mcnair-march-13-1984\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">March 13, 1984<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Granite State<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/mcnair-to-hall-march-3-1984\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">March 3, 1984<\/span><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/hall-to-mcnair-march-13-1984\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">March 13, 1984<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Another Elegy<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/mcnair-to-hall-march-3-1984\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">March 3, 1984<\/span><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/hall-to-mcnair-march-13-1984\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">March 13, 1984<\/span><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/mcnair-to-hall-april-2-1984\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">April 2, 1984<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Man in the Dead Machine<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/hall-to-mcnair-may-9-1984\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">May 9, 1984<\/span><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/mcnair-to-hall-may-13-1983\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">May 13, 1984<\/span><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/hall-to-mcnair-may-17-1984\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">May 17, 1984<\/span><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/mcnair-to-hall-may-21-1984\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">May 21, 1984<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Baseball Players<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/mcnair-to-hall-august-3-1984\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">August 3, 1984<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Sums<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/mcnair-to-hall-august-14-1984\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">August 14, 1984<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Ragpicker&#8217;s Horse<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/mcnair-to-hall-august-14-1984\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">August 14, 1984<\/span><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/hall-to-mcnair-august-16-1984\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">August 16, 1984<\/span><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/mcnair-to-hall-august-18-1984\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">August 18, 1984<\/span><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/hall-to-mcnair-august-21-1984\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">August 21, 1984<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">A Walk in the West Country<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/mcnair-to-hall-august-14-1984\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">August 14, 1984<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Waking the Next Morning<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/mcnair-to-hall-august-14-1984\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">August 14, 1984<\/span><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/hall-to-mcnair-august-16-1984\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">August 16, 1984<\/span><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/mcnair-to-hall-august-18-1984\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">August 18, 1984<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Phototropism<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/mcnair-to-hall-august-14-1984\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">August 14, 1984<\/span><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/hall-to-mcnair-august-16-1984\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">August 16, 1984<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">My Friend Felix<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/mcnair-to-hall-august-14-1984\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">August 14, 1984<\/span><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/hall-to-mcnair-august-16-1984\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">August 16, 1984<\/span><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/mcnair-to-hall-august-18-1984\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">August 18, 1984<\/span><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/hall-to-mcnair-august-21-1984\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">August 21, 1984<\/span><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/mcnair-to-hall-august-24-1984\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">August 24, 1984<\/span><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/hall-to-mcnair-august-28-1984\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">August 28, 1984<\/span><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/mcnair-to-hall-august-30-1984\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">August 30, 1984<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Visiting Richard<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/mcnair-to-hall-august-14-1984\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">August 14, 1984<\/span><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/hall-to-mcnair-august-16-1984\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">August 16, 1984<\/span><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/mcnair-to-hall-august-18-1984\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">August 18, 1984<\/span><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/hall-to-mcnair-august-21-1984\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">August 21, 1984<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-11474\" data-postid=\"11474\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-11474 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following conversations about poems-in-progress are organized chronologically by letter under each poem title. Each link leads to a letter in which Hall and McNair critique and discuss potential improvements and edits to the poem in question. 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