RecitationWhiz A Structural Method for Memorizing Poems and Other Texts

Robert Oliphant’s bestseller, A Piano for Mrs. Cimino (Reader’s Digest USA, Canada, and Australia) was also (same title) a prize-winning film (Monte Carlo) that starred Bette Davis and is still being shown worldwide. A WWII air corps veteran, he studied English philology under Herbert Dean Meritt at Stanford, is an emeritus Professor of English at California State University, Northridge, and currently writes a column for EducationNews.org.