![]() ![]() It could be good for us."Įach poem in the famed anthology is an epitaph. People don't understand what it is, and that's a shame. The people hated it in the '30s and '40s. ![]() "I'd say that the Italians know more about Masters than the people of Lewistown do," said the mayor who, along with Eskridge, was among the Lewistown High School class of '72, one of the first classes assigned to read the book in school after the ban was lifted. Last year an Italian film crew stayed in the area for three weeks and selected local citizens to recite passages of the book for the documentary "Return To Spoon River," which is scheduled to premiere Nov. ![]() ![]() The visitors log at the Lewistown and Fulton County Visitors Center, just blocks from the cemetery and Masters' boyhood home, includes signatures of people from California and Japan among other places, says retiree Ed Emig, who mans the place as the sole volunteer, selling copies of "Anthology" and teaching about local history.Ībout three years ago, an Italian singer shot a video in the cemetery, a performance that aired live in Italy, recalls Lewistown Mayor John King. ![]()
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