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Poe’s Eureka: From Stage to Silver Screen

Posted on: December 19th, 2013 by Robert Michael Oliver

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Michael performs Eureka at the 2011 Capital Fringe Festival.

Embodying Poe, Robert Michael Oliver’s one-man performance piece, opened to rave reviews in the 2011 Capital Fringe Festival. “The Raven” and “Eureka: a prose poem” were two key ingredients to that success. Timah Ruth Elisheva Howard, … Continue reading the story "Poe’s Eureka: From Stage to Silver Screen"

At Performetry: Walt Whitman’s ‘Song of Myself,’ an Ode to Empathy

Posted on: November 15th, 2013 by Robert Michael Oliver

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Walt Whitman, 1854

As I prepare for Part 3 ofSong of Myself at Performetry this Sunday, November 17 at 3:00--on my way to a full performance of the Interdisciplinary Whitman Project in early spring--I am once again reminded of just how daunting its epic structure is. Although th poem sings America's … Continue reading the story "At Performetry: Walt Whitman’s ‘Song of Myself,’ an Ode to Empathy"