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Bill Murray Gives the First Poetry Reading at the New Poets House
At first glance it looks like a skit right out of Saturday Night Live. Bill Murray in a hard-hat reading poetry to a room full of construction workers. Just think of the comic possibilities.But this was for real. Murray stopped by the then soon to be completed new home of Poets House in lower Manhattan to read some poetry.
Poetry On Public Television
2010 National Poetry Month posterIn honor of National Poetry Month Public Television has strengthened it successful Poetry Everywhere series with eight new short poetry films and the release of an iPhone app.The new poets/poems added to the series this year are:Marilyn Chin, The Floral Apron;Toi Derricotte, Blackbottom;Martín Espada, Who Burns for the Perfection of Paper;Seamus Heaney, Blackberry Picking;Maxine Kumin, After Love;W.S. Merwin, Yesterday;C.D. Wright, Lake Echo, Dear;and Daisy Zamora, Mother’s Day.Garrison Keillor returns as the series narrator offering a brief introduction to each poet and poem.The films will air during unexpected moments in the public television broadcast schedule.“With Poetry Everywhere...
Book Patrol Video Digest : May 8, 2009
Happy Tree Friends episode that featuring Buddhist Monkey. 'Watch him unleash volumes of vengeance on evil paper perpetrators."The Fundementals of Book Care in 5 Easy Lessons. Created for National Library Week by George Mason University Libraries:One hour interview with Gary Snyder at NCTV11, the public access station for Nevada City, in 2007. Book Patrol first posted this one last April but it deserves an annual viewing. Besides, today is Snyder's 79th birthday:From Iowa Public TV - Memories of Dewey Readmore Books. You know, that cat that was the subject of that best-selling book that still sits on many best-seller lists:Gumby...
Baby Likes Print
Here's a little clip from BBC America featuring a budding bibliophagist .Got to start them young.Thanks to Omnivoracious for the lead