{"id":280,"date":"2016-07-12T11:43:25","date_gmt":"2016-07-12T15:43:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artofpoetry\/?page_id=280"},"modified":"2017-04-07T14:24:01","modified_gmt":"2017-04-07T18:24:01","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artofpoetry\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>The Art of Poetry videos are based on the spirit of <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.favoritepoem.org\/\">The Favorite Poem Project<\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/trusted.bu.edu\/s\/1759\/2-bu\/giving.aspx?sid=1759&amp;gid=2&amp;pgid=412&amp;cid=1044&amp;dids=179&amp;appealcode=WEBAGC&amp;bledit=1\"><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artofpoetry\/files\/2017\/04\/Support_Button.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><span>The Art of Poetry Video Repository is a\u00a0portal to the video mini-lectures<\/span>and discussions from The Art of Poetry, Robert Pinsky\u2019s edX\/Boston University MOOC (Massive Open Online Course).<\/p>\n<p>The lecture segments, usually\u00a0five minutes in length or less, are on such topics as Music and Poetry;\u00a0Teasing, Flirting, and Courting;\u00a0Kidding and\u00a0Tribute; and Difficulty and\u00a0Pleasure.<\/p>\n<p>The discussion segments, also quite brief, take up those topics and others, with Robert Pinsky moderating and commenting. The people participating in the discussions include non-students (for instance, a landscaper, an engineer) as well as students in high school, college, and graduate school.<\/p>\n<p>The videos are meant to address the needs and interests of teachers, students, and anyone interested in the art of poetry.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/trusted.bu.edu\/s\/1759\/2-bu\/giving.aspx?sid=1759&amp;gid=2&amp;pgid=412&amp;cid=1044&amp;dids=179&amp;appealcode=WEBAGC&amp;bledit=1\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Art of Poetry videos are based on the spirit of The Favorite Poem Project. The Art of Poetry Video Repository is a\u00a0portal to the video mini-lecturesand discussions from The Art of Poetry, Robert Pinsky\u2019s edX\/Boston University MOOC (Massive Open Online Course). The lecture segments, usually\u00a0five minutes in length or less, are on such topics [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11144,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artofpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/280"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artofpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artofpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artofpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11144"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artofpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artofpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/280\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":457,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artofpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/280\/revisions\/457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artofpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}