How's this for a combo? A poem by the CP Cavafy, read by Sean Connery, with music by Vangelis? The mind reels.Thanks to the University (of Washington)'s blog "The Shelf Life."--David E
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Not the Better Angels of Our Nature
Publishers Weekly is reporting that Seth Grahame-Smith, author of the spring's biggest hit Pride and Prejudice and Zombies has signed a two-book deal with Grand Central Publishing. The contract is worth a reported $575,000. The first title is going to be Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Seriously.Details are here.--David E
I Sing the Poem Electric
The website poemsoutloud.net collects audio and video performance of people performing their favorite poems. Robert Pinsky reads Emily Dickinson; Stanley Kunitz reads Gerard Manley Hopkins. But there are also submissions from ordinary folk, including a construction working from Massachusetts reading Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself" (here).What's your favorite poem? Celebrate National Poetry Month and tell … Continue reading I Sing the Poem Electric
Musings from Magers and Quinn 