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Discovering poetry

Posted on December 19, 2015 by forstegrupp

The New Yorker is my favorite means of discovering new poetry and poets. Just a few minutes ago, I finished an article by Dan Chiasson in the August 31, 2015 magazine about Linda Gregerson who is a professor at the University … Continue reading →

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The Teacher’s Challenge: Designing Paper Topics in an Internet Age

Posted on November 9, 2015 by forstegrupp

The chief weapons against the temptation to plagiarize are student excitement and engagement. Continue reading →

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What does it mean to analyze a poem — Donne’s “Death Be Not Proud” is on the dissecting table!

Posted on March 28, 2015 by forstegrupp

When I work with a poem, I will sometimes read it for pleasure but then will sometimes “pull” at it. Here is a series of pictures for how Donne’s sonnet was atomized. In the post for tomorrow, I will see … Continue reading →

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Poetry as a Transformation of Mind

Posted on December 3, 2012 by forstegrupp

I just read a New York Times article “Philosophy and the Poetic Imagination: by Ernie Lapore and Matthew Stone about how how poetry demands a certain type of reading which must be cultivated and nourished and sustained. Here is the … Continue reading →

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