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SUMMARY:Classics Made Modern: Spoon River Anthology
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DESCRIPTION:Discuss classic titles with other readers. Click event title f
 or Zoom link. Contact Lissa at classicsmodern@tscpl.org for help with the 
 Zoom link\, Facebook group or questions.  .\nhttps://tscpl.libnet.info/eve
 nt/15636854
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><strong>Read the book or the ebook or list
 en to the audiobook</strong></p>\n<p>The renowned poet's Edgar Lee Masters
  classic collection of free verse exploring the lives of colorful characte
 rs in a fictional American small town.<br />In 1914\, Edgar Lee Masters be
 gan writing a series of poems inspired by his early life in Western Illino
 is. These poems\, which appeared in the St. Louis literary journal Reedy's
  Mirror\, were later published in book form as the Spoon River Anthology.<
 /p>\n<p>From a cemetery in a fictional mid-American town\, the dead speak 
 the truths about their lives. Some speak of hardships and sordid affairs\,
  while others speak of their simple\, honest\, happy lives. Some are elder
 ly and others are youthful or children\, but mortality has claimed them al
 l. Their voices reach us deeply-alternately plaintive\, anguished\, enigma
 tic\, angry\, contemptuous\, and comedic\, evoking themes of love\, hope\,
  disappointment\, despair\, and abiding faith. As the Spoon River resident
 s examine their lives\, they invite us to do the same.</p>\n<p>Check for <
 a href="https://tscpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/search?query=spoon%20river%20an
 thology&amp\;searchType=smart">availability of print copies</a> through th
 e library\, ebook version is freely available through <a href="https://www
 .gutenberg.org/ebooks/1280">Project Gutenberg</a>\, ebook and <a href="htt
 ps://www.hoopladigital.com/artist/edgar-lee-masters/12515694?languageId=17
 9283379">audiobook versions through Hoopla</a> are around 4.5 hours.</p>\n
 <p><a href="https://tscpl.zoom.us/j/81547936304?pwd=bFaerpNcfiidKyucKwDKoJ
 kfxR4D21.1"> <button>Attend by Zoom</button> </a></p>\n<p><strong>Get invo
 lved online</strong></p>\n<p>Interact with other readers by posting and co
 mmenting on the&nbsp\;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/27014457400
 1819">Classics Made Modern Facebook group</a>.</p>\n<p>Email&nbsp\;classic
 smodern@tscpl.org&nbsp\;to receive occasional updates about upcoming title
 s\, author background\, discussion questions and more!</p>\n<p>Check the <
 a href="https://tscpl.org/readers/virtual-book-club">upcoming schedule</a>
  for future dates and titles!</p>\nhttps://tscpl.libnet.info/event/1563685
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