They're doing a
marathon reading of
Ovid's Metamorphoses right now at the
Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts (
here's a map). It'll wrap up around 7 p.m.
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| Citizens follow along with their own texts. |
The lineup is a who's who of our city's intelligentsia (nobody from the
Daily RFT will be reading; conclude what you will). Check out the list
here.
Each person reads aloud for 15 minutes, then hands off the text to the
next reader - a text which, if you're not familiar with Ovid's great
classic, is a steamy catalogue of passion, revenge and wisdom. (If
you're coming and want to follow along, they're using
the Mandelbaum translation).
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| Tricia Y. Paik, assistant curator at the St. Louis Art Museum |
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| Walter Bargen, Missouri's first Poet Laureate |
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