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nonsonocapeeta: 4 of 5 stars to Antologia di Spoon River by Edgar Lee Masters

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100YearsAgoNews: May 8, 1922: The U.S. moves to deport Elizabeth Girenko, Russian exile and friend of the last czar, because she has no means of support after a Minnesotan broke off an engagement with her. Helen Masters, Chicago lawyer and wife of poet Edgar Lee Masters, fights to let her stay.

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PaintedFool: “And I never started to plow in my life That some one did not stop in the road And take me away to a dance or picnic. I ended up with forty acres; I ended up with a broken fiddle— And a broken laugh, and a thousand memories, And not a single regret.” ― Edgar Lee Masters

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RandomQ85433955: No one knows what is good Who knows not what is evil; And no one knows what is true Who knows not what is false. ~ Edgar Lee Masters (Seth Compton)

whitneygirlster: Finished listening to “Spoon River Anthology” by Edgar Lee Masters.

htmcg: Edgar Lee Masters grew up in Illinois, although born in Kansas. Carl Sandburg, Ray Bradbury, and a few other noted authors are Illinois-born.

dagray08: 'There was pathos, in his face, and in his eyes. ... There were tears for human suffering, or for a glance Into the vast futility of life, Which he had seen from the first, being old When he was born.' --from 'Darrow' by Edgar Lee Masters

Petirrojo57: Our Flag Means Death’s writer should take a look at Edgar Lee Masters next

GhostlyOf: I had fun reading the epitaphs of Benjamin Pantier & Andy the Nightwatch for this version of Edgar Lee Masters' Spoon River Anthology on the Kaidankai: Ghost and Supernatural Stories podcast.

MEASeybold: Do people read Edgar Lee Masters?

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OzarksWatcher: Edgar Lee Masters summered (and wrote) in the Ozarks in 1931

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Ashheyash: Rain in my heart; rain on the roof ; And memory sleeps beneath the grey And windless sky and brings no dreams Of any well remembered day. Rain in my heart, Edgar Lee Masters

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ptknitwear: “The earth keeps some vibration going There in your heart, and that is you.” ("Fiddler Jones" from SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY by Edgar Lee Masters)

AutographsColl2: EDGAR LEE MASTERS - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 11/02/1939

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NameofAuthor1: "Seeds in a dry podcast, tick, tick, tick, / Tick, tick, tick like mites in a quarrel" Edgar Lee Masters

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film4brains: a friend gifted me this, a copy of "Spoon River Anthology" (1915), by Edgar Lee Masters, after I left a job a few years ago. I'm just now in a headspace to swim around in it (poetry is hard for me)

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bufoneremita: 4 of 5 stars to Antologia de Spoon River by Edgar Lee Masters

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brucetomaso: Died this day: Alessandro Volta (1827, age 82), Edgar Lee Masters (1950, age 81), Joseph Stalin (1953, age 74), Herman J. Mankiewicz (1953, age 55), Patsy Cline (1963, age 30), Hawkshaw Hawkins (1963, age 41), Cowboy Copas (1963, age 49), Randy Hughes (1963, age 35)

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bobproehl: "The earth keeps some vibration going There in your heart, and that is you. And if the people find you can fiddle, Why, fiddle you must, for all your life." -Edgar Lee Masters

KlausMaccus: But if he could describe it all He would be an artist. But if he were an artist there would be deeper wounds Which he could not describe." - From the poem "Silence" by Edgar Lee Masters

KlausMaccus: And there is the silence of the dead. If we who are in life cannot speak Of profound experiences, Why do you marvel that the dead Do not tell you of death? Their silence shall be interpreted As we approach them. - From the poem "Silence" by Edgar Lee Masters

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nrmnknc: In time you shall see Fate approach you in the shape of your own image in the mirror. -Edgar Lee Masters

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MalwinaSadowsk1: Please allow yourself an experience of meditation over life and death where audience is bathing in the collective conciousness of women magically captured by Edgar Lee Masters as poetry. We’re starting today at 7:30pm at Tower Theatre Stoke Newington. £5 with Hello Hackney

dmit131: Poem of the Day 9 February 2022 - Benjamin Pantier BY EDGAR LEE MASTERS Together in this grave lie Benjamin Pantier, attorney at law, And Nig, his dog, constant companion, solace and friend. Down the gray road, friends, children, men and...

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plastic_bio: The earth keeps some vibration going There in your heart, and that is you. And if the people find you can fiddle, Why, fiddle you must, for all your life. - Edgar Lee Masters

Book_Addict: Happy birthday to actor/script writer Charles Aidman (January 31,1925). Wrote 1969 teleplay “Spoon River” based on poetry of Edgar Lee Masters.

ardentsaviorops: This river made famous in an Edgar Lee Masters Anthology is a tributary of the Illinois River 8286ac0e4777ecc2

johnjkoko: In this teen drama, the characters of Edgar Lee Masters' classic 1915 anthology are brought to life as high school students. A plucky school reporter chronicles cheating, politics, and even mysterious deaths scandalizing her small town.

KarriLao: LONG LIVE DOLPH Immortality is not a gift, immortality is an achievement and only those who strive mightily shall possess it. Edgar Lee Masters

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andyateacrayon: In “Stool River Anthology” Edgar Lee Masters narrates the epitaphs of all the guys wearing fleeces with hair gel who brought Ketamine to a bar and ultimately didn’t use it.

johnjkoko: My forthcoming novel is set in a fictitious county split off from Fulton. Clean map. Size/position of the county confusing; Fulton is big enough at proper scale. I like the bolded Spoon River on the map. Ditch the state shape, rename the county: MASTERS COUNTY after Edgar Lee.

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TravisCravey: Went for a little run through the big cemetery in the middle of the city and after taking a break and looking around o understand why Edgar Lee Masters wrote Spoon River Anthology.

OrdExtraCem: Join Jennie and Dianne as they read select and rather juicy poems from The Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters. These poems are written from the perspective of those buried in the cemetery of the fictional town of Spoon River.

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PublicDiscourse: What Edgar Lee Masters intended as a clever and eerie indictment of American society has proven more prophetic than the Midwestern poet could have anticipated.

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JKRajuAuthor: Immortality is not a gift, Immortality is an achievement; And only those who strive mightily Shall possess it. Edgar Lee Masters

STEmily86: To clarify, Edgar Lee Masters wrote the book in 1904. The class I'm in this semester wrote an introduction and annotations to give modern context to the work. Next semester I'll be helping with copyediting and typesetting, and it's currently scheduled for an early 2023 release.

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iamacqui: Ppl post about Edgar Lee Masters’ biography of Lincoln like it’s some conclusive takedown of his person and presidency, I suppose because Yarvin mentioned the book in his original blog?

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EvRoundTable: Paddy and Jon Lynn, both of whom have had successful careers combining theater and teaching, shared the screen in costume as they recited the lines that brought fame and infamy to author Edgar Lee Masters.

mahpishanou: I have known the silence of the stars and of the sea, And the silence of the city when it pauses, And the silence of a man and a maid, And the silence of the sick When their eyes roam about the room. And I ask: For the depths, Of what use is language? Edgar Lee Masters

Love_Quotes: To love is to find your own soul, through the soul of the beloved one. Edgar Lee Masters

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soklibrarysys: Engage in a book discussion with the Johnston County Library at 6:30 PM, Monday, November 22nd. Participants will share views on Edgar Lee Masters “Spoon River Anthology”. To RSVP, call (580) 371-3006. This Book Club discussion will be held virtually via Zoom.

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PublicDiscourse: "What Edgar Lee Masters intended as a clever and eerie indictment of American society has proven more prophetic than the midwestern poet could have anticipated," Casey Chalk writes.

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InverHillsCC: Inver Hills Theatre is presenting Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters Friday, November 5, Saturday, November 6, and Friday, November 12, 2021, at 7:30 p.m. at the Fine Arts Theatre on the campus of Inver Hills Community College.

angermonsoon: I still think about this project that Michelle Repke made in my collections class years ago, mapping the structure of Edgar Lee Masters' Spoon River Anthology hella intricately. Really impressive work. Total commitment.

PublicDiscourse: "The Frightening America of Edgar Lee Masters Has Come to Life," Casey Chalk writes.

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