Langston Hughes Machinima

And here's the machinima poetry theatre version of Langston Hughes's poem "Suicide's Note"

The Rapping Squirrel: "Respect Wordsworth"

Just in case one time wasn't enough.

Howl: Literary Criticism as Film

Here's a nice piece on the current film Howl and how it cinematically enacts literary criticism.

This movie about Allen Ginsberg and his poetry will be showing from this Friday, October 8th, at Davis Varsity.

Blog Writing Due October 7th

Once you've read Richard Brautigan's poem "All Watched over by Machines of Loving Grace" multiple times and really attentively, please write a 350-400 word blog on it.

First, write 1-2 paragraphs assembling evidence to argue that this poem has an anti-technology tone and message.

Second, write 1-2 paragraphs assembling evidence to argue that this poem has a pro-technology tone and message.

Finally, write 1-2 paragraphs explaining which reading you think is more convincing and explain WHY.

Please post the blog before class.

Litter-a-terre: an ecological experiment in story-telling

Noted American author Michael Swanwick recently wrote a short story called "October Leaves" on actual autumn leaves that have fallen to the ground. You can read the story here via a set of photos he took and posted at Flickr.
Talk about litter-a-terre in practice!!

Mapping Book Censorship

Check out this map of book censorship, 2007-2010.

MORE Harry Potter????

J.K. Rowling in a recent interview with Oprah said there could be more Harry Potter novels to come.
What do you think? Does the world simply need more HP? Did the last novel not bring a sufficient sense of completion? Is this a money grab?