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The Fugitive Poets, began their informal association around 1915, in Nashville Tennessee. Mostly a group of young students from Vanderbilt University, young teachers, and local businessmen. Their love for letters and poetry was the setting for their literary club which centered around the auspices of Sydney Hirch. At first, they gathered at Hirch's home who was adept at cultivating a responsive soirée of intellects and engaging conversation. The gatherings and central figure of Hirch is liken to Gertrude Stein's gatherings of artist and intellectuals in France. As the reputation of the Fugitive poets grew, and who's name is taken from a literary magazine aptly named The Fugitives, and who's circulation helped to cement the literary groups fame.