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| ~M~
Board Administrator Username: mjm Post Number: 32784 Registered: 11-1998 |
. Favorite Poem Project: Americans Saying Poems They Love Overview: A partnership among Boston University, the Library of Congress and other organizations with major funding from the National Endowment from the Arts and the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Mission: The Favorite Poem Project is dedicated to celebrating, documenting and encouraging poetry’s role in Americans’ lives. Robert Pinsky, the 39th Poet Laureate of the United States, founded the Favorite Poem Project shortly after the Library of Congress appointed him to the post in 1997. Products: Favorite Poem Project Videos -- The collection of 50 short video documentaries showcases individual Americans reading and speaking personally about poems they love. The videos have been regular features on PBS's NewsHour with Jim Lehrer and are a permanent part of the Library of Congress archive of recorded poetry and literature. They have also proven valuable as teaching and learning tools for a range of classrooms and ages. The videos may be viewed on this website. A collection of the videos is also available for purchase on a DVD that's included with the anthology An Invitation to Poetry. A Invitation to Poetry -- The third of the project's anthologies includes a free DVD containing 27 of the project's celebrated video mini-documentaries, described above. The people in the videos, along with the letters and poems in the book, extend a welcoming invitation to rediscover the joy of reading poems. There is also a paperback textbook edition of the book/DVD, created especially for introduction to poetry classes at high school and college levels, with a comprehensive classroom guide provided free to teachers who adopt the book for a course. Poems to Read -- This second anthology emphasizes the pleasure of reading poems. The poems are arranged into chapters that represent some aspect of a life—such as youth, darkness, passion and art. Many of the poems are accompanied by comments from participants in the Favorite Poem Project. Americans' Favorite Poems -- The selections in this anthology, the first of the series, cross oceans and eras, placing ancient poems alongside contemporary poems and offering many poems in translation. Moving, amusing and insightful letters from readers accompany each poem. Democracy, Culture, and the Voice of Poetry -- The response to the Favorite Poem Project demonstrates the significance of poetry to contemporary Americans, implicitly questioning some received ideas and stereotypes. This book, based on Robert Pinsky’s Tanner Lectures at Princeton University, reflects on the project as evidence of the relation between democratic culture and the art of poetry. Check it all out here: Favorite Poem Project Love, M | ||
| brenda morisse
Senior Member Username: moritric Post Number: 2884 Registered: 04-2007 |
This is a delight, dearest M, mi hermana. I will spend many hours here. Wow! Wow! Wow! Thank-you for the link. love, love borrachita listening and loving the readings | ||
| Christopher T George
Senior Member Username: chrisgeorge Post Number: 7050 Registered: 12-2004 |
Hi M Sounds like a great project. Thanks for letting us know about it!  Chris Editor, Desert Moon Review http://www.thedesertmoonreview.com Co-Editor, Loch Raven Review http://www.lochravenreview.net http://chrisgeorge.netpublish.net/ |
