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What a Poem can Teach about Happiness (by Leslie McGrath)
A year ago, I was asked to give a reading and brief speech for the newly-inducted Phi Beta Kappas at Connecticut College. I chose six poems and wove them into the theme, “Some…
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Green Thoughts in Green Shades [by DL]
If you're an author or reader the words "literary criticism" are usually a downer, so it's a pleasure to find a really smart and stimulating book about great poems in Green Thoughts, Green Shades edited by UCLA…
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Open Fire by Jerry Williams
I’m not much of a fan of Independence Day. “What a waste of gunpowder and sky,” Aimee Mann sang bluntly in her “4th of July” manifesto. Today the holiday seems even more pointless than…
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The Odyssey Project, Books I – III
Dear Emma, First of all, how cool is it that I'm reading The Odyssey while on vacation in Ithaca, NY? Location location location. And from where I sit, both Hector and Homer are within…
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The Odyssey Project (by Stacey Harwood)
Several weeks ago, Emma Trelles and I agreed to read The Odyssey together. Our goal is to finish in eight weeks but since Emma lives in Florida and I in New York, we can't…
