May 18, 2007

Honoring a Prodigal Son

By DON TROOP

Delmore Schwartz died in 1966, right about the time the musician Lou Reed was toiling with the Velvet Underground in Andy Warhol's Factory, laying the foundation for the movement that would evolve into punk rock and beyond.

Last month at a glitzy ceremony in New York City, Mr. Reed, 65, got the opportunity to publicly thank Schwartz, his creative-writing mentor at Syracuse University. The university recognized Mr. Reed (a 1964 honors graduate) for excellence in the arts, giving him the

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