{"id":3249,"date":"2017-02-02T15:20:02","date_gmt":"2017-02-02T20:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/reporter\/?page_id=3249"},"modified":"2017-02-02T15:20:02","modified_gmt":"2017-02-02T20:20:02","slug":"around-hartford","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/reporter-spring2020\/along-the-walk\/around-hartford\/","title":{"rendered":"Around Hartford"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THE WALLACE STEVENS WALK<br \/>\n690 ASYLUM AVENUE TO 118 WESTERLY TERRACE<br \/>\nHARTFORD, CT<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6138\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6138\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/reporter-spring2020\/files\/2020\/05\/wallace_stevens-009.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-6138 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/reporter-spring2020\/files\/2020\/05\/wallace_stevens-009-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Wallace Stevens stone marker\" width=\"525\" height=\"787\" srcset=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/reporter-spring2020\/files\/2020\/05\/wallace_stevens-009-683x1024.jpg 683w, http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/reporter-spring2020\/files\/2020\/05\/wallace_stevens-009-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/reporter-spring2020\/files\/2020\/05\/wallace_stevens-009-375x563.jpg 375w, http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/reporter-spring2020\/files\/2020\/05\/wallace_stevens-009.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6138\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Sarah McCoy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Wallace Stevens, one of America\u2019s great 20th-century poets, called Hartford home for nearly 40 years, until his death in 1955. He continues to be celebrated through the Wallace Stevens Walk, a 2.4-mile stroll that features a series of Connecticut granite stones inscribed with verses from one of his poems, \u201cThirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird.\u201d The walk, dedicated in 2009, follows the path that Stevens took from his workplace at The Hartford at 690 Asylum Avenue to his home at 118 Westerly Terrace. Funded through individual donations, foundation grants, and a gift from The Hartford, the walk is maintained by the nonprofit Friends &amp; Enemies of Wallace Stevens. \u201cPeople like the idea of walking the same path Stevens strode, thinking and composing his great poetry,\u201d says Tim Finnegan, president of the organization. \u201cIt is not a static, statue-type memorial. The stones are often encountered singly in the city landscape, thus becoming a kind of mystery to be solved. \u2026 I think Stevens would have liked that moment of mystery.\u201d The group also hosts programs, including the annual Rose Garden Reading to support Connecticut-based poets. For more information on the Wallace Stevens Walk and programs offered by the Friends organization, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stevenspoetry.org\/stevenswalk.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.stevenspoetry.org\/stevenswalk.htm<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE WALLACE STEVENS WALK 690 ASYLUM AVENUE TO 118 WESTERLY TERRACE HARTFORD, CT Wallace Stevens, one of America\u2019s great 20th-century poets, called Hartford home for nearly 40 years, until his death in 1955. He continues to be celebrated through the Wallace Stevens Walk, a 2.4-mile stroll that features a series of Connecticut granite stones inscribed &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/reporter-spring2020\/along-the-walk\/around-hartford\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Around Hartford&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":0,"parent":1466,"menu_order":10,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/reporter-spring2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3249"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/reporter-spring2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/reporter-spring2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/reporter-spring2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/reporter-spring2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/reporter-spring2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3249\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/reporter-spring2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/reporter-spring2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}