Brain Snacks: Tasty Tidbits of Knowledge
Berryman inspired lots of writers and readers, and he inspired some good rock & roll too. The band The Hold Steady has a Berryman-inspired song "Stuck Between Stations." See if you can catch the Berryman references. (Source.)
Sadly, Berryman ended his life by jumping from a bridge in Minneapolis in 1972. (Source.)
Jeopardy time! Who is Henry? If you said "Berryman's alter ego in the Dream Songs poems," you are a true Berryman scholar. Henry's not the only famous alter ego, though. (Source.)