![]() ![]() MCDONALD: He stands at the side of the large boulder with a group of six people who listen raptly while the ocean roars below. Tor House is named for a rock outcropping, which the Irish call a Tor. He infuses his tours with Jeffers' poems, most recited from memory. MCDONALD: Seventy-six-year-old Ruchowitz Roberts has been leading people through Jeffers' home for about 15 years. And then, once I came here and lived in the area, I began to read Jeffers and of course, that's what drew me to Tor House. And I asked him what was the occasion, and he said it was the death of Robinson Jeffers. Ruchowitz Roberts was teaching in the Midwest.ĮLLIOT RUCHOWITZ ROBERTS: And one of my colleagues got drunker earlier than usual that day. RACHEL MCDONALD, BYLINE: Elliot Ruchowitz Roberts grew up on the East Coast, and didn't hear about Robinson Jeffers until about the time the poet died. The house sits on a cliff, overlooking the Pacific Ocean.Īs part of our summer Nickel Tour series, Rachael McDonald, of member station KLCC, introduces us to another poet who gives tours of Tor House. The late poet Robinson Jeffers built Tor House in Carmel, Calif., in the early 20th century.
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