Thursday, April 23

Today is Thursday of Week 14. Here is a link to Week 14 and a link to Week 15 also, plus Week 13 (which is still available through this weekend). That's all that's left of the semester! You can see how all the dates work here in the class calendar.

Class Procedures and Reminders

New Story Lab Option. Some of you may have seen the very cool video about comics that Dave (from Myth-Folklore) made for his job at Pioneer Library system, so I made that into a playlist all about comics, which is now a new option you will see in the Story Lab (which you can do for Week 14 or 15).

Project Stack. If you turned in something before 8PM on Sunday, you should have comments back from me, and I'll keep working on the Sunday items today. As always, you can check the stack to make sure I received your project.

The following items are for fun and exploration:

Blog Stream. Here's another wonderful biographical post, this time from Gus: My Cousin's Wedding.

Twitter Stream. I thought this mythological poem in the NYPL Twitter stream was beautiful:

And for a Covid-related item, here's an article about pandemic communication in different languages (the graphic is from Chennai, India): How ‘Social Distancing’ Can Get Lost in Translation.

Myth-Folklore. Just for fun, some myth and science from Tom Gauld: Mythical Scientific Creatures.

Myth-Folklore Video. You can learn about flood stories from Crash Course in this video: Yu the Engineer and Flood Stories from China.

Indian Epics Today. The epic character for today is Amba, later reborn as Shikhandi, the woman whose actions are one of the most dramatic threads of the Mahabharata's plot. More about Amba, and here is a video about Shikhandi:

Indian Music Video. And for your listening and viewing pleasure, here is a song by Maati Baani with a Bharatnatyam dance  by Mubina Bandukwala; see the YouTube page for English lyrics: Jao Priya.

Writing Video. Here are some fun thoughts on grammar and spelling: Grammar Lessons with Food. Beware the man-eating chicken!

H.E.A.R.T.. And here's a fun one from cartoonist Reza Farazmand: what if ghosts procrastinated?

April 23: Ramadan. This evening marks the beginning of Ramadan, a month of fasting, prayer, and devotion; you can read about this Islamic holiday at Wikipedia. To promote Muslim authors and books, there is a #RamadanReadathon happening at Twitter. If you're interested in reading some wonderful Islamic folktales, for example, I can highly recommend the books of Nasruddin stories by Idries Shah, free to read online.

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