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Classic Literature On YouTube, A Fellowship, Religion, And Politics
10 February 2008, the poet @ 11:06 pm

The Kenyon Review is extolling the new forms of literature. The interesting thing about these YouTube videos is that many of them are done by high school students while reading through literature in their classes. I remember reading Great Expectations for the first time. I don’t remember having exactly this reaction to it, but it is entertaining. The Mayor of Casterbridge is one of my all-time favorite classic novels. I found its YouTube version almost as funny as Great Expectations on YouTube. The latter actually uses real “actors,” as opposed to puppets.

From Poetry Foundation:

Five Ruth Lilly Poetry Fellowships in the amount of  $15,000 will be awarded to young poets through a national competition sponsored by the Poetry Foundation, publisher of Poetry. Established in 1989 by the Indianapolis philanthropist Ruth Lilly, the fellowships are intended to encourage the further study and writing of poetry. Applicants must be us citizens between the age of twenty-one and thirty-one as of  March 31, 2008.

Erotic religion: A Sermon On The Mound.

Interesting reading if you have some time on your hands.

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