The Talented Mr. Beer
Tools of the Trade
At Manhattan LSAT we are constantly swelling with pride over the achievements of our instructors. If you’ve ever spoken with us about them, you’ve probably noticed that we fancy them quite a bit! We’re lucky to have so many incredibly intelligent, talented, and downright fascinating individuals on our team.
A recent example of our collective Manhattan LSAT-instructor-coolness takes us deep in to the world of metaphor and rhyme. John Beer, a Manhattan LSAT teacher in Chicago, has recently been given the Norma Farber First Book Award for his book, The Waste Land And Other Poems, The Norma Farber Award is given annually to one exceptional poet who has published their first book of original American poetry. John will be traveling to New York City in April to accept the award.
I’ve been treating myself to a healthy sized sample of these poems for the last week or so and have thoroughly enjoyed the experience.
There is even an entire section toward the end of the book called “Sonnets to Morpheus”. Yep, that’s a Matrix reference!
We’re so incredibly proud of John. I would encourage any of you who are interested in poetry to check out his book, available on Amazon.
Harvard’s Stephen Burt has written a review of The Waste Land And Other Poems for bostonreview.net (scroll down a little ways until you see John’s name in the subheading)