People looked at him as sort of this «bad boy» of modern poetry. (thedailybeast.com)
Bellow writes «There were no readers of modern poetry at the morgue.» (inc.com)
He managed to make a living as a copywriter and reviewer, and in 1933 joined the faculty at Sarah Lawrence College where he taught modern poetry and classics until his retirement in 1960. (rocklandtimes.com)