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An online exhibition created by The National Library of Ireland. When you enter the tour, you can scan through 200 artifacts & manuscripts and “attend” three in-depth tutorials exploring the evolution of three major poems (‘Sailing to Byzantium’, ‘Leda and the Swan’ and ‘Nineteen Hundred and Nineteen’). You can also listen to Yeats, one of Ireland’s towering poets, reciting his famous poem ‘The Lake Isle of Innisfree.’
Sending and receiving at breakneck speed can make life queasy; a manifesto for slow communication (via WSJ)
Dream of Life is a plunge into the philosophy and artistry of cult rocker Patti Smith.This portrait of the legendary singer, artist and poet explores themes of spirituality, history and self expression.
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- Not many books begin with a word of warning. Through the Clock's Workings does. This anthology of literature is not some textual tome, frozen in time and space. It is alive, evolving organically in a constant state of flux. This is a world first: a remixed and remixable short fiction anthology. (remix my lit) #
- Guthrie Martin agrees. "So many poets I know are so concerned with MFAs and prizes and getting published, making their mark," she said. "For me, having who you are as a poet live on isn't about any particular poem you write or your body of work. It's about how you inspire other people to be interested in poetry. It's just lovely to see people engaged in open, honest, friendly, generous, brilliant discussions of poetry just because they love it that much." (via UW News) #
- A culture that cannot distinguish between reality and illusion dies. And we are dying now. We will either wake from our state of induced childishness, one where trivia and gossip pass for news and information, one where our goal is not justice but an elusive and unattainable happiness, to confront the stark limitations before us, or we will continue our headlong retreat into fantasy. - Hedges #
- It's time to embrace American royalty | Glenn Greenwald #
- Vital information about angels , aliens and the grassy knoll, all cleverly disguised as incredibly bad pop music.http://tinyurl.com/kv2bgd (via The Dark Engine) #
- So what I end up saying… is...take control of your entire reality… your media, your mythic life...your practical brain are the product of what you have made it to be…or have, quite willingly, accepted programs from others. And again, don’t forget about those cute feedback loops…via McLuhan's Wake #
- "One of the big things that caught my attention was after he moved to Nashville in the '60s, he and another Texan, Waylon Jennings, eventually told the Nashville people to go to hell, and they left," says Sample, who will join Nelson in performances of the "American Classic" material in Chicago on Sept. 27 and 28 for a PBS special to air in the fall. (Willie Nelson in Jazz Country, L.A. Times) #
- Every man's work, whether it be literature, or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself. - Samuel Butler #
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Why: “We have to raise the consciousness. The only way Poets can change the world is to raise the consciousness of the general populace.” -Lawrence Ferlinghetti
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