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Got e-mail? Read a book!

Sometimes a great idea just hangs around and waits for someone to find it. That was the case with Daily Lit, a service that e-mails books in manageable installments (not more than 5 minutes of reading at a time). According to the site's... (From The English Teacher Blog) [More]

Was Shylock Right?

Call it Law and Order: Shakespearean Characters Unit. (Cue the CHING-CHING). A recent article featured a legal analysis of Shylock’s case in Shakespeare’s is-it-funny-or-isn’t-it? play, The Merchant of Venice. Seven legal experts weighed... (From The Shakespeare Blog) [More]

NEH Summer Seminars and Institutes

The National Endowment for the Humanities has announced its schedule of Summer Seminars and Institutes for School Teachers. Applications are due March 2, 2009. As always, this year's topics have a broad range. Here are a few: The Isle of... (From The English Teacher Blog) [More]

Bard's Bones in Trouble

The most famous thing about the church where Shakespeare is buried is the famous curse that threatens anyone who might move his remains. The fact that he was baptized and served as lector there as well may be interesting, if less intriguing, to... (From The Shakespeare Blog) [More]

Happy 400th, John Milton

Yesterday marked the 400th anniversary of John Milton's birth. Though he died more than a hundred years before its inception, John Milton is considered one of the forefathers of the Romantic period. His seminal work, the epic poem Paradise Lost, influenced Romantic and Gothic writers such as Mary Shelley, whose novel Frankenstein even features a quote from Milton’s masterpiece. (From eNotes News Blog) [More]

Congratulations to President Elect Barack Obama

In an historic election, Barack Obama was elected the 44th President of the United States of America. Discuss the election in the Law and Politics group. (From eNotes News Blog) [More]

Reading against poverty.

Blog Action Day, in which millions of blogs took action against poverty, happened last week. My site took a holiday (okay, I forgot). Here's what I'd like to show you. Excerpts: What the hell, you got a room in your house just filled with... (From eNotes Book Blog) [More]