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- 7:45 on this beautiful, almost balmy
22nd of September in Schenectady.
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And it's the first day of fall.
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So in honor of that fact,
we have Elke Putzkammer...
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...professor of literature
at Union college...
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...to talk about autumn in poetry
and literature.
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- Good morning, professor.
- Hi, Alex.
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So, what about it? Why do
so many people write about the fall?
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Well, I think it's seen
as the beginning of