I always liked it…talks about career….I never got it….i guess it’t too easy to dismiss mariachi player as a viable career path.[/quote]
Awesome poem, Rustico. Ehrmann’s experience ties in nicely with this thread, too.
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Into this industrious, affectionate family stepped Max, idealist, philosopher and “word technician.”
During college days at DePauw University and then at Harvard University, Ehrmann resolved not to become rich – everyone’s “conventional goal” – but to “write beautiful books.”
Unable to eke out a living despite publishing six books in the first 10 years, Ehrmann studied law and was admitted to the bar. For two years, he was a Vigo County deputy prosecutor but that life did not enthrall him.
So he became the credit manager for his brothers’ factory, writing poems and essays after each 10-hour working day. Meanwhile, he forged strong intellectual bonds with Eugene V. Debs, James Whitcomb Riley and several Indiana State professors.
