[New-Poetry] Henry David Thoreau and the Blog

[Edward Byrne]

As I was posting an entry earlier this week, I noticed that with this
week’s additions “One Poet’s Notes” has moved beyond 200
articles on the blog. Consequently, as a re-introduction and an
invitation to new readers who would like to browse through those most
visited pages of the past posts on “One Poet’s Notes,” I submit a
list of the dozen most popular titles—twelve for July 12th—viewed
(determined solely according to frequency figures) in the last year by
users of “One Poet’s Notes” beyond the usual entry points of the
blog’s main page or the most recently posted item.

In addition, today (July 12) marks Henry David Thoreau’s birthday,
born in 1817. When one reads through Thoreau’s many volumes of
journals, he seems to serve as an excellent early example for any blog
writer. Therefore, on this day I offer a couple of brief quotations from
his writings about reading books that seem appropriate to a literary
blog.

http://edwardbyrne.blogspot.com/2008/07/henry-david-thoreau-and-blog.html





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Edward Byrne
Department of English
322 Huegli Hall
Valparaiso University
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Editor, Valparaiso Poetry Review
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