Friday, June 19, 2009

Tap Your Troubles Away

It has been a tough week for a variety of reasons.  But the weekend is almost here.  I'm starting the weekend by going to see 42nd Street at the MUNY.  Tap dancing always puts me in a better mood.

Here's two of the greatest tap dancers ever:  Fred Astaire and Eleanor Powell.

Beowulf, translated by Maria Dahvana Headley

I never intended to read yet another epic poem immediately after finishing The Iliad .  But I subscribe to the Poetry Unbound podcast and in...