Jones works at Harvard and attends Boston Latin School
Poet involved
What happened
After his release in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Jones obtained janitorial work at Harvard. Friends then enabled him to attend Boston Latin School for about one year. Financial hardship prevented him from finishing there or entering Harvard College.
Literary impact
This brief educational opening intensified the tension between intellectual promise and economic barrier in Jones's life. It helps explain the earnest, elevated tone of his poetry, where learning appears as both calling and denied inheritance.
Source: Wikipedia
