We interrupt our Faust-a-palooza to bring you a sneak preview of our presentation for the upcoming Intelligent Speech Conference, a day-long virtual conference on June 27, featuring education and historical podcasters presenting on their fields of expertise. For all the details on how to attend, head over to https://www.intelligentspeechconference.com/ 

Ever get baffled by a high school English teacher who convinces you that you’ll never be able to understand the “hidden meanings” in poetry? Ever wonder why poetry’s so difficult? Ever wonder why there were no women poets or poets of color before the 20th century? On June 27 during our presentation for the Intelligent Speech Conference, we’ll tell you about why you’ve never heard of the most popular American poets of the 19th century (except maybe Longfellow). On this episode we’re covering Lydia Sigourney’s “Death of an Infant” (https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/52036/death-of-an-infant), Francis Ellen Watkins Harper’s “The Slave Mother” (https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/51977/the-slave-mother-56d23017ceaad), and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s “The Day is Done” (https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45896/the-day-is-done). We’ll also take a look at the opening lines of T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land (https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47311/the-waste-land) in order to get a handle on just what the sea change was between the 1800s and the early 1900s. If you want to hear the full story of the shift in poetics and the emergence of the modern canon, join us on June 27th at the Intelligent Speech Conference (sign up now at https://www.intelligentspeechconference.com/). 

The Canon Ball is a part of the Agora podcast network. Please check out some of the other great shows on the network such as our new addition Black Wall Street 1921, a podcast chronicling the history and events before, during, and after the Tulsa race massacre. For more information go to https://www.blackwallstreet-1921.com/.

If you’re online check us out at thecanonballpodcast.wordpress.com, find us on Facebook @TheCanonBallPodcast, and on Twitter @CanonBallPod. One last note: if you’re in the New York area and need reading and writing tutoring, or are interested in online tutoring, let us know. Claude has a tutoring business on the side and two kids, so he’s always looking for a few more clients. If you need some help, send an email to claudemoinc@gmail.com. We can also produce literary lectures on demand. I’m not entirely certain what situations would call for that, but for some quality literary infotainment hit us up!

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