Song: 

“Paul Revere” by Noah Kahan and Gregory Alan Isakov (2022)

 

“Paul Revere” by Noah Kahan with Gregory Alan Isakov. Don’t sleep on this collaboration between everybody’s favorite grumpy New England folk pop star and that lovely farmer singer Isakov. And if you haven’t listened to Isakov’s album with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra, do that too while you’re at it. 

 

Movie: 

“You’ve Got Mail” (1998)

 

You see those fall leaves outside? That means it’s time to rewatch “You’ve Got Mail,” “The Village,” and “October Sky.” 

 

Book: 

“The Resistance to Poetry” by James Longenbach (2004)

 

This slim text is a worthwhile read for longtime poetry fans and (soon to be) lovers of poetry. With the language of a poet and a critic, Longenbach writes that the wonder we experience when reading a poem comes from the writer rendering the familiar strange again. The result? “We are no longer free to be bored because we can no longer be knowing; we are humbled.” The work is replete with beautiful close readings and explanations of poetic form that will remain with you like a favorite line of poetry.