ESSAY by John Simon

This was a brief introductory comment to a prize-giving dinner for student essayists at Hunter College.I would imagine that all of you have heard of the Pen Club, the premier international organization for writers. It was founded in 1921 by Mrs. Dawson-Scott (whoever she was), with its first president John Galsworthy, author of "The Forsyte Saga" of (gulp) television fame. Its importance may by now be somewhat dimini…

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