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Sunday, August 13, 2017

Charlottesville Reaction

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            On April 9, 1865, in Virginia, about an hour and a half south of Charlottesville, Robert E. Lee surrendered. Lee was a traitor ...
Saturday, July 9, 2016

7/9/2016 - Collection month, Week 1 - Maggie Stiefvater - The Raven Cycle

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Four books: The Raven Boys , The Dream Thieves , Lily Blue, Blue Lily , and The Raven King A friend of my wife recommended these, so she r...
Thursday, June 30, 2016

Poetry Month, Day 30, redux, Miriam Dunn, _Who Will Love the Crow

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Publishing poetry has become increasingly easy over the past ten years. (Making money publishing poetry - still fiendishly difficult, but a ...

Poetry Month Day 30

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I am sick. I have a (very very mild) fever, and my brain does not work. I really really want to post a coherent review of a collection of po...
Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Poetry Month, Day 28, William Blake, "Laughing Song"

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There are poems about negative outrageous fortune, many and many. Poetry is really good at expressing dismay at the unpleasant surprises tha...

Poetry Day 27 (belated), Computer sonnet

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I was going to post this yesterday, I swear! From NPR's All Tech Considered , computer written sonnets. Quake with true fear of just r...
Sunday, June 26, 2016

Poetry Month, Day 26, Matthew Arnold, "Dover Beach"

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Today, we are going to the lake, because it is Sunday and it is hot. So, here is a poem about a beach, and also for the Brexit vote, in a ce...