[rtperson]

> we know Wallace Stevens sold insurance

No he did not. He was a corporate vice president of two large insurance companies. The man was no Ned Ryerson.

The writer of this article needs to call the roller of big cigars, the muscular one.

[pinchyfingers]

And bid him whip in kitchen cups concupiscent curds.

[gwern]

Did he start as a vice president?

[cobralibre]

He started as a lawyer to an insurance company. To say that he "sold insurance" is a bit of poetic license.