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Dear friends of literature,

This is a blog dedicated to you, the lover of literature. I will provide links to literary websites, and sites focusing on the study, teaching and enjoyment of literature. This will also serve as a venue for my students to connect to, and interact with other readers of literature. I will often pose questions for my students here, and you are welcome to join them in the conversation. Please use your most civil language. Also, understand that many of the voices you read here are those of young students, and they are still in their early stages of analytical discourse.

MUSE STUDENTS: LOOK HERE! HERE IS MY LESSON IDEA FOR NEXT WEEK!

1) GO TO THE FIRST LINK BELOW. Read the poem "Nostalgia" by Billy Collins. Respond directly on this blog. What are your views of this poem?

http://www.poemhunter.com/best-poems/billy-collins/nostalgia/

2) Find/share a poem that addresses some of the same themes, shares the sense of humor, uses the same memory/historical style, or uses similar imagery to construct a narrative.

3) Find that poem on the web. You may have to dig, but many poems are available free online. Place the LINK to the poem on THIS blog as a COMMENT.

4) Give some explication as to why you selected this poem.

5) Read a poem posted by another student, and comment on their selection.

6) GO TO THE SECOND LINK (the youtube link). Watch the clip. What do you think of the movie? What worked it terms of the connection to the poem? Add your thoughts to the COMMENTS link.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrEPJh14mcU

Here are some other links that you may enjoy!

h ttp://www.dylanthomas.com/index.cfm?articleid=4458

http://www.nytimes.com/pages/books/review/

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poet.html?id=4676

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/journal/audio.html

http://www.berkeleyrep.org/school/index.asp

http://www.calshakes.org/v4/educ/

http://www.sfmt.org/workshops/youthproject.php

http://playsandmusicalsnewsletter.pioneerdrama.com/public/blog/100513