<p>Read by Rachel Boroda '23. This essay was published in the NYT Magazine in 1986. </p>

Read by Rachel Boroda '23. This essay was published in the NYT Magazine in 1986.

<p>Read by Rachel Boroda '23. This essay was published in the NYT Magazine in 1986.&nbsp;</p>

"The Dare" by Roger Hoffmann

Walter Bowne may pontificate on the glories of Walt Whitman; or regale listeners to his travels to the Frost Farm in New Hamposhire; or speculate on the miracles in Emily Dickinson; he may lecture long on Greek and Roman rhetoric; he may sopar box on college costs; and he may even say something wise about literature, writing, and the human condition.

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