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Literative brings literature out of the classroom and into the real world, where it belongs. No grades, no assignments, no attendance policy. Just great discussion of great books. Let's get started! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Normal + Meditation for Procrastinators

July is what you meant when you promised yourself that this summer you would get back to that project and make some real progress. But it’s sooo hot. Here's a strategy that can help you get started and enter a flow state. Try it as a writing exercise or let April guide you through a meditation. Happy doing! Resources: Fiore, Neil. The Now Habit: A Strategic Program for Overcoming Procrastination and Enjoying Guilt-Free Play. https://www.neilfiore.com/now-habit/ Music licensed through Soundstripe: "Feather and Stone." Code: RB7DYDIIEEOA83W3"Orbiting Drift." Code: 9G4U2X3DEWWBZ63V Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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26 thg 6

Acting Shakespeare's Sonnets

Today I'm delighted to introduce my first guest speaker, professor and theater director Leslie Reidel. Leslie shares his strategy of using Shakespeare's sonnets as training exercises for professional and student actors. Resources: Shakespeare, William. Sonnet 29 ("When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes"). https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45106/sonnet-116-let-me-not-to-the-marriage-of-true-minds ---. Sonnet 71 ("No longer mourn for me when I am dead"). https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45098/sonnet-71-no-longer-mourn-for-me-when-i-am-dead ---. Sonnet 116 ("Let me not to the marriage of true minds"). https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45106/sonnet-116-let-me-not-to-the-marriage-of-true-minds Leslie Reidel: Leslie Reidel is a professor of theater at the University of Delaware, where his projects with the Resident Ensemble Players have included Love Letters, The Little Foxes, and Shakespeare's Macbeth. He was a founding member of the Professional Theater Training Program at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and the University of Delaware. His directorial credits include the Walnut Street Theater, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, the Madison Civi Rep, and the Utah, Colorado, and Fort Worth Shakespeare Festivals. He is the Co-Artistic Director of Philadelphia's Enchantment Theatre Company. And he has recently directed the Two Gentleman of Verona Project with undergraduates at the University of Delaware. Music licensed through Soundstripe: “Feather and Stone.” Code: NHFB28SBGNWXPEVW, Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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22 thg 6

Goblin Market

This poem has been illustrated by Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Arthur Rackham. It has been framed as a children's book, a warning about consumerism and addiction, a cautionary tale about sex, a Christian allegory about sin and redemption, and a feminist fable about sisterly solidarity. It’s even made a truly bizarre appearance in Playboy Magazine! Welcome to the weird world of Christina Rossetti's Goblin Market. Resources: Rossetti, Christina. Goblin Market. https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44996/goblin-market Rossetti, Dante Gabriel. "Buy from us with a golden curl." 1862. Illustration for Christina Rossetti's Goblin Market and Other Poems. Scanned image by Simon Cooke, with caption material and formatting by George P. Landow. Victorian Web. https://victorianweb.org/art/illustration/dgr/1.html ---. "Golden head by golden head." 1862. Illustration for Christina Rossetti's Goblin Market and Other Poems. Scanned image and text by George P. Landow. Victorian Web. https://victorianweb.org/art/illustration/dgr/2.html Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

47 phút
17 thg 6

Come Away, O Human Child

June is the month of midsummer magic. Celebrate the solstice with us as we read W. B. Yeats’ poem “The Stolen Child” and leave the mundane world behind. Resources: Hughes, Edward Robert. “Midsummer Eve.” https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edward_Robert_Hughes_-_Midsummer_Eve_(1908c).jpg McKennitt, Loreena. “The Stolen Child.” Elemental, Quinlan Road, 1985. Composed by Loreena McKennitt. https://loreenamckennitt.com/album/elemental/ ---. The Stolen Child Project. Falstaff Family Centre. https://www.falstafffamilycentre.com/stolenchildold The Waterboys. “The Stolen Child.” Fisherman’s Blues, Chrysalis Music, 1988. Composed by Mike Scott, narration by Tomás Mac Eoin. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDkK4VrmFQQ Yeats, W. B. “The Stolen Child.” https://poets.org/poem/stolen-child Music licensed through Soundstripe: “Feather and Stone.” Code: NHFB28SBGNWXPEVW, “Faded Promises.” Code: TFIXDAM4LDDS4Q6X Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

20 phút
3 thg 6

PSA: Support Your Library and Your Liberty

This is a test of the public library system and American democracy. This is only a test. To prevent an actual emergency, please stay on the line for the following public service announcement and support your local library. Resources: American Library Association. https://www.ala.org/ · Advocacy & Issues: https://www.ala.org/advocacy · Freedom to Read Statement: https://www.ala.org/advocacy/intfreedom/freedomreadstatement · Membership: https://www.ala.org/membership · State of America’s Libraries Report: https://www.ala.org/news/state-americas-libraries-report-2026 Everylibrary. https://www.everylibrary.org/ · Endorsing the Books Save Lives Act of 2026. 28 May 2026. https://www.everylibrary.org/endorsing_books_save_lives_act_2026 · Statement in Support of the Open Books, Open Doors Act. 28 May 2026. https://www.everylibrary.org/statements4028 · Statement: Rejecting the FY2027 Trump IMLS Budget. 5 April 2026. https://www.everylibrary.org/rejecting_fy27_trump_imls_budget Helmick, Sam. “The Architecture of Democracy: Choosing the Future of America’s Libraries.” https://www.ala.org/news/state-americas-libraries-report-2026 ---. “Since You’re Already Doing Everything Else.” Facebook. 17 May 2026. Hoopla. https://www.hoopladigital.com/ Institute of Museum and Library Services. https://www.imls.gov/ Kanopy. https://www.kanopy.com/en Libby. http://libbyapp.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

19 phút
24 thg 5

Was April the Cruelest Month?

April showers bring May flowers, along with longer days, warmer nights, and constant birdsong. So why are poets in such a mood about spring? Maybe because all that new life is hard to take when you’re grieving a loss or coping with change. Now that we’re well into May, might we look back and agree with T. S. Eliot? Was April the cruelest month? Resources: Braganza, V. M. “Our Second April.” Los Angeles Review of Books (24 May 2021). https://lareviewofbooks.org/blog/essays/second-april/ Chaucer, Geoffrey. General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales. Harvard’s Geoffrey Chaucer Website. Harvard University. https://chaucer.fas.harvard.edu/pages/general-prologue-0 Dickinson, Emily. “In Shadow” (I dreaded that first robin so). Poems by Emily Dickinson, ed. Mabel Loomis Todd and T. W. Higginson. https://www.gutenberg.org/files/12242/12242-h/12242-h.htm#I_dreaded_that_first_robin_so Eliot, T. S. “The Waste Land.” Poetry Foundation. https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47311/the-waste-land Honey Bee Suite. “Good News Bees: More than a Colorful Buzz in the Blooms” (15 April 2023). https://www.honeybeesuite.com/good-news-bees-more-than-a-colorful-buzz-in-the-blooms/ Millay, Edna St. Vincent. “Assault.” Second April. A Celebration of Women Writers, ed. Mary Mark Ockerbloom. University of Pennsylvania. https://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/millay/april/second-april.html#32 ---. “Spring.” https://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/millay/april/second-april.html#1 Portus, Rosamund. “The Stories We Tell: Exploring the Folklore of Bees in an Age of Extinction.” NICHE (4 November 2022). https://niche-canada.org/2022/11/04/the-stories-we-tell-exploring-the-folklore-of-bees-in-an-age-of-extinction/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

24 phút
1 thg 5

Shall I Compare Thee to a Cherry Tree?

Peak bloom is brief, for humans and for cherry trees. How should we value what comes after beauty? William Shakespeare, Ada Limon, and W. B. Yeats have some thoughts. Celebrate the end of National Poetry Month and Poem in Your Pocket Day with us! Resources: Limón, Ada. “Instructions on Not Giving Up.” The Carrying (Minneapolis: Milkweed Editions, 2018). Copyright © 2018 by Ada Limón. Reprinted with permission from Milkweed Editions. Shakespeare, William. Sonnet 18 (“Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?”). MIT Global Shakespeare Project: Digital Environments for Shakespeare. https://shakespeareproject.mit.edu/ Yeats, William Butler. “A Prayer for My Daughter.” Academy of American Poets. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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We Must Love One Another or Die

Today we discuss W. H. Auden's poem "September 1, 1939," by way of Georgi Gospodinov's award-winning novel Time Shelter, and Auden's message for uncertain and fearful times. There is no such thing as the StateAnd no one exists alone;Hunger allows no choiceTo the citizen or the police;We must love one another or die. Image: Unsplash/Library of Congress Resources: Auden, W. H. “September 1, 1939.” Gospodinov, Georgi. Time Shelter. McGuiness, Patrick. “Time Shelter by Georgi Gospodinov Review: The Dangers of Dwelling in the Past.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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