Thursday, May 28, 2009
Did Shakespeare Want to Suppress His Sonnets?
Yes, he did, and the broadcast tells why. Morning Edition, National Public Radio, May 20, 2009
Monday, May 25, 2009
Summer Reading
Short Tribune article about a true summer reading list here. The idea is that it's from Memorial Day to Labor Day. I love the part about doing summer reading for school "to get the full use of tuition"!
Should the law be "just" or "just legal"
Stanley Fish blog asks that question here as Obama is mulling his choice for a new Supreme Court justice.
Monday, May 11, 2009
Pocket Mod Poetry
I've been wanting to put some poetry on a pocket mod to keep in my pocket to memorize. Then my old friend Doc Wingler sent me this inspiring NYT Book Review essay on memorizing called "Got Poetry: The Case for Memorizing Poetry," by Jim Holt. He claims that he's got about 2000 lines of poetry so far.
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