Archive for the 'Poetry' Category

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By Purdy, Director of Publicity
Michael Manner and I were English majors at Plattsburgh State before the days of email, before the days of the fax. Indeed, the modern technology of the time was floppy disk computers, and the CD was quickly replacing the cassette tape. Manner and I have kept in touch through the years […]

It Never Rains In Brooklyn

By Purdy, Director of Publicity
Michael Manner and I were English majors at Plattsburgh State before the days of email, before the days of the fax. Indeed, the modern technology of the time was floppy disk computers, and the CD was quickly replacing the cassette tape. Manner and I have kept in touch through the years […]

The Counsel

By Purdy, Director of Publicity
Michael Manner and I were English majors at Plattsburgh State before the days of email, before the days of the fax. Indeed, the modern technology of the time was floppy disk computers, and the CD was quickly replacing the cassette tape. Manner and I have kept in touch through the […]

National Poetry Month:
Introducing Michael Manner

A poem from Michael Manner for poetry month.

Scots, Wha Hae! A History of Burns Clubs

In time for Burns Night, here is everything you need to know about the history of Burns Clubs.

Milton in 2008

Philip Pullman reflects on Milton.

On Coleridge, Faust and the Love of Books

A look at Faustus translated by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

Oxford World’s Classics Book Club: Beowulf

Andrew Varhol helps us explore Beowulf.

Prophecies: Right Here, Right Now

John Brehm shares a poem on the blog.

A Curse on Mean-Spirited Intellectuals:
And Literary Scholars Above All

Philip Davis is fed up with seeing literature treated as fodder for convoluted academic analysis.

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