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FREDERICK GLAYSHER, epic poet, rhapsode, poet-critic, author or editor of ten books. Read or performed the theatre version of The Parliament of Poets: An Epic Poem more than 70 times in USA, Canada, UK. https://EarthrisePress.Net
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The Parliament of Poets: An Epic Poem (2024 revised ed) partly on the moon, celebrating our common humanity.

The Myth of the Enlightenment: Essays (2024 revised ed), ancient rhapsodes, epic poetry.

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November 26, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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Find potential supporters to Ask for a Patron Donation or Gift (not tax deductible). Help Bring the Message of Peace and Global Community to Humanity and to San Francisco for a second time, for 8 to 12 weeks.
Job Opening for Fundraiser for Apollo's Troupe, LLC https://earthrisepress.net/images/Job_Opening_for_Fundraiser.pdf Qualifications and Responsibilities Must reside in the San Francisco Bay Area Must have at a minimum a bachelor's degree 5 years or more experience fundraising Existing contacts with philanthropy, donors, charitable arts organizations Preferred: experience raising funds for the arts Excellent verbal and written communication skills Meticulous record keeping, documentation of donor intention per donation or gift Ready to benefit from an alternative to the "broken" non-profit model Apollo's Troupe, LLC seeks a fundraiser to support the performance of the play The Parliament of Poets. Apollo's Troupe, LLC seeks to revive the old model of Patronage, direct donations and gifts, preserving the integrity of the art. Help Bring the Message of Peace and Global Community to Humanity and to San Francisco for a second time, for 8 to 12 weeks. The Fundraiser will be paid a 6% commission on funds raised, as an independent contractor, which will maximize what one can earn. Versus fixed hours and wages, one would earn based on performance and production, independently determining one’s own hours and approach and procedures to achieve the financial goals as outlined. How good are your existing fundraising connections? How much do you want to earn? How fast? Scale with Apollo’s Troupe, LLC. Once Patron funds are deposited in Apollo's Troupe, LLC bank account, via one of the three methods outlined and the bank confirms they’ve cleared, the fundraiser will receive an accumulated deposit into their bank account by the end of that month. Interested in talking more? Discuss the contract? Follow link above. Goal: $100,000+ (not tax deductible) EIN: 83-3830889 Paypal - Donate to Apollo's Troupe, LLC https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=YHZQYM98A3JY8 Venmo - Donate to Apollo's Troupe, LLC https://account.venmo.com/u/apollostroupe
March 31, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Patronage Supports the Arts

The great Patrons of old did not receive tax write-offs. The Roman Maecenas was patron of the epic poet Virgil, Cangrande della Scala of Dante, Lorenzo de’ Medici of many artists and painters, none of whom received tax write-offs.

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Patronage Supports the Arts https://earthrisepress.net/images/Patronage_Supports_the_Arts.pdf Patronage Supports the Arts The great Patrons of old did not receive tax write-offs. The ancient Greek oligarchs were required by the Senate to fund the performances in the amphitheatres for the benefit of the public. The Roman Maecenas was patron of the epic poet Virgil, Cangrande della Scala of Dante, Lorenzo de’ Medici of many artists and painters, none of whom received tax write-offs. They chose artists they judged worthy of civilization, for the good of the culture, mutually served it together. That required Patrons to cultivate themselves to judge aright, understand and respect the arts. The Patrons received the lasting glory of their cultured lives, munificence, and name. The Parliament of Poets, celebrates our common humanity, peace and global community. Apollo, the Greek god of poetry, calls all the poets of the nations, ancient and modern, East and West, to assemble on the moon to consult on the meaning of modern life. The Parliament of Poets sends the main character, the Poet of the Moon, on a Journey to the seven continents to learn from all of the spiritual and wisdom traditions of humankind. Frederick Glaysher performs solo the main character, The Poet of the Moon, and Don Quixote, Merlin, Black Elk, Chief Seattle, Du Fu, Faerie Queene, Tolstoy, Dante, Job, Vyasa, Ta Chak, Rumi, Borges, Sogolon, other poets from around the world. “A great epic poem of startling originality and universal significance, in every way partaking of the nature of world literature.” —Hans G. Ruprecht, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada Please support the Apollo’s Troupe, LLC Goal of $100,000 for Patron Donations or Gifts to perform again in San Francisco, 8 to 12 weeks. Please share. Paypal Donation Page for Apollo’s Troupe, LLC - EIN: 83-3830889 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=YHZQYM98A3JY8
March 31, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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The story is a very multicultural, pluralistic interfaith tale of people coming together from all the spiritual traditions, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Shintoism, indigenous

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The Parliament of Poets: An Epic Poem (2024 revised edition) takes place partly on the moon, at the Apollo 11 landing site, the Sea of Tranquility, and around the world. Apollo, the Greek god of poetry, calls all the poets of the nations, ancient and modern, East and West, to assemble on the moon to consult on the meaning of modern life. The Parliament of Poets sends the main character, the Poet of the Moon, on a Journey to the seven continents to learn from all of the spiritual and wisdom traditions of humankind. On Earth and on the moon, the poets teach a global, universal celebration of life. One of the major themes is the power of women and the female spirit across cultures. Another is the nature of science and religion, including Quantum Physics, as well as the "two cultures," science and the humanities. All the great shades appear at the Apollo 11 landing site in the Sea of Tranquility: Homer and Virgil from the Greek and Roman civilizations; Dante, Spenser, and Milton hail from the Judeo-Christian West; Rumi, Attar, and Hafez step forward from Islam; Du Fu and Li Po, Basho and Zeami, step forth from China and Japan; the poets of the Bhagavad Gita and the Ramayana meet on that plain; griots from Africa; shamans from Indonesia and Australia; Murasaki Shikibu, Emily Dickinson, and Jane Austen, poets and seers of all Ages, bards, rhapsodes, troubadours, and minstrels, major and minor, hail across the halls of time and space. That transcendent Rose symbol of our age, the Earth itself, viewed from the heavens, one world with no visible boundaries, metaphor of the oneness of the human race, reflects its blue-green light into the blackness of the starry universe. "A great epic poem of startling originality and universal significance, in every way partaking of the nature of world literature." --Hans Ruprecht, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada The Parliament of Poets: An Epic Poem (2024 revised edition) takes place partly on the moon, at the Apollo 11 landing site, the Sea of Tranquility, and around the world. Apollo, the Greek god of poetry, calls all the poets of the nations, ancient and modern, East and West, to assemble on the moon to consult on the meaning of modern life. The Parliament of Poets sends the main character, the Poet of the Moon, on a Journey to the seven continents to learn from all of the spiritual and wisdom traditions of humankind. On Earth and on the moon, the poets teach a global, universal celebration of life. One of the major themes is the power of women and the female spirit across cultures. Another is the nature of science and religion, including Quantum Physics, as well as the "two cultures," science and the humanities. All the great shades appear at the Apollo 11 landing site in the Sea of Tranquility: Homer and Virgil from the Greek and Roman civilizations; Dante, Spenser, and Milton hail from the Judeo-Christian West; Rumi, Attar, and Hafez step forward from Islam; Du Fu and Li Po, Basho and Zeami, step forth from China and Japan; the poets of the Bhagavad Gita and the Ramayana meet on that plain; griots from Africa; shamans from Indonesia and Australia; Murasaki Shikibu, Emily Dickinson, and Jane Austen, poets and seers of all Ages, bards, rhapsodes, troubadours, and minstrels, major and minor, hail across the halls of time and space. That transcendent Rose symbol of our age, the Earth itself, viewed from the heavens, one world with no visible boundaries, metaphor of the oneness of the human race, reflects its blue-green light into the blackness of the starry universe. "A great epic poem of startling originality and universal significance, in every way partaking of the nature of world literature." --Hans Ruprecht, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
January 6, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Apollo calls all the poets of the nations to assemble on the moon to consult on the meaning of modern life, seeking our common humanity, coming together in peace, global community, Don Quixote MC

Paypal Patron Donation Gifts for Apollo's Troupe, LLC Goal $100,000
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Apollo calls all the poets of the nations, ancient and modern, East and West, to assemble on the moon to consult on the meaning of modern life, seeking our common humanity, coming together in peace and global community, with Don Quixote MC. Patronage supports the arts. Help Apollo's Troupe, LLC reach its $100,000 Goal for Patron Donations or Gifts to perform again in San Francisco, near Union Square, 8 to 12 weeks! The Parliament of Poets, Celebrates Our Common Humanity, peace and global community. See the impact of your Donation on stage. Paypal Donation Page for Apollo's Troupe, LLC - EIN: 83-3830889 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=YHZQYM98A3JY8 Or by check, specify Donation or Gift on the memo line payable to Apollo's Troupe, 5224 Aintree Rd., Rochester, MI 48306 Frederick Glaysher, See Profile. Please share with anyone you think might be interested. #Patron #Donations #Gifts #Fundraising #SanFrancisco #UnionSquare ChatGPT4, Donation or Gift? How to Determine 12-10-2024 The great Patrons of old did not receive tax write-offs. The ancient Greek oligarchs were required by the Senate to fund the performances in the amphitheatres for the benefit of the public. The Roman Maecenas was patron of the epic poet Horace and Virgil, Cangrande della Scala of Dante, Lorenzo de' Medici of many artists and painters. None of them received tax write-offs. They chose artists they judged worthy of civilization, for the good of the culture. Such custom places on the wealthy a burden as heavy as that on artists; cultivate thyself and recognize money alone can not create and maintain a society worth living in. Question to AI: For a theatre company that is a for-profit LLC, that seeks to retain its own initiative and freedom, how can one determine what is a donation and what is a gift according to IRS regulations? GPT4 returned: For a theater company that is a for-profit LLC, distinguishing between a donation and a gift according to IRS regulations is critical because each has different tax implications. Here's how to determine the classification: 1. Definitions Under IRS Regulations Donation: A donation to a for-profit LLC is generally treated as income and is not tax-deductible for the donor. Donations are typically given to support the business or its activities, often with an expectation (explicit or implied) of benefits or recognition. Gift: A gift is a transfer of money or property made out of detached and disinterested generosity, with no expectation of receiving anything in return. The IRS distinguishes gifts from payments made with a business purpose or for services rendered. 2. Key Factors in Determining Classification A. Motive of the Donor Gift: If the contribution is made purely as an act of generosity, without any expectation of benefits (e.g., tickets, recognition, or advertising), it may be classified as a gift. Donation: If the contribution is made with an expectation
January 6, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Apollo's Troupe, LLC is seeking Patron Donations, Gifts to help bring The Parliament of #Poets, Celebrating Our Common Humanity, peace and global community, to #SanFrancisco for a second time, #UnionSquare, 8 to 12 weeks.
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Apollo's Troupe, LLC is seeking Patron Donations or Gifts to help bring The Parliament of Poets, Celebrating Our Common Humanity, peace and global community, to San Francisco for a second time near Union Square, for 8 to 12 weeks. Goal: $100,000 - Paypal Donation Page - https://lnkd.in/eCEW4Unx By check, specify Donation or Gift on the memo line, payable to Apollo's Troupe, LLC, 5224 Aintree Road, Rochester, MI 48306 Thank you for your support, and, if you know anyone else who might be interested please share this message with them. Frederick Glaysher Apollo's Troupe, LLC - EIN: 83-3830889 ApollosTroupe@Fastmail.com *ChatGPT4: "Under IRS regulations donations to LLCs are not tax deductible for the donor, while Apollo's Troupe, LLC pays 20% or more tax on a Schedule C, if not off-set by expenses. Consult with your accountant for your own tax situation. Donations are typically given to support the business or its activities, often with an expectation (explicit or implied) of benefits or recognition (e.g., tickets, recognition, ads). "A gift is a transfer of money or property made out of detached and disinterested generosity, with no expectation of receiving anything in return." #Patron #Donations #Gifts #Fundraising #nonprofit #SanFrancisco #UnionSquare
December 27, 2024 at 10:40 PM
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A.I. Isn’t Genius. We Are. Christopher Beha
NYTimes Dec 26, 2024

"The combined influence of these views of human creativity has been enormous. As many commenters have noted, our culture has largely given up on originality... Literature has become dominated by..."

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A.I. Isn’t Genius. We Are. Christopher Beha. NYTimes. Dec. 26, 2024 "The combined influence of these views of human creativity has been enormous. As many commenters have noted, our culture has largely given up on originality... Literature has become dominated by auto-fictional mining of personal experience, revisionist retellings of classic works and various literary genre exercises..." "Everything about our culture at the moment seems designed to eliminate the space for careful listening, but the first step in restoring that space might be acknowledging that the voice is out there and allowing that it might have something important to say." https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/26/opinion/ai-genius-art.html
December 26, 2024 at 7:05 PM
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Apollo's Troupe, LLC is seeking Patron Donations or Gifts to help bring The Parliament of Poets, Celebrating Our Common Humanity, peace and global community, to San Francisco for a second time in 2025.

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Apollo's Troupe, LLC is seeking Patron Donations or Gifts to help bring The Parliament of Poets, Celebrating Our Common Humanity, peace and global community, to San Francisco for a second time. Support the solo performance by Frederick Glaysher on another SF stage, 8 to 12 weeks in 2025. See the impact on stage. Support Apollo's Troupe, LLC with a Patron Donation or Gift (neither tax deductible) Help Bring its Message of Peace and Global Community to Humanity. Goal: $100,000 - Paypal Donation Page https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=YHZQYM98A3JY8 Or by check, specify Donation or Gift on the memo line payable to Apollo's Troupe, 5224 Aintree Rd., Rochester, MI 48306 Thank you for your Donation or Gift which helps protect the artistic freedom and independence of Apollo's Troupe. You will receive a grateful letter of acknowledgment for your support and occasionally periodic updates when timely, unless you request otherwise. I'm eager to perform again in San Francisco! The great Patrons of old did not receive tax write-offs. The ancient Greek oligarchs were required by the Senate to fund the performances in the amphitheatres for the benefit of the public. The Roman Maecenas was patron of the epic poet Virgil, Cangrande della Scala of Dante, Lorenzo de' Medici of many artists and painters, none of them received tax write offs. They chose artists they judged worthy of civilization, for the good of the culture. *Goal: $100,000 to rent a theatre or convert a vacant storefront into one, perhaps on Powell Street, as near as possible to Union Square, hire a General Manager, two stagehands, a house manager, three SF Bay Area PR, publicity, and marketing professionals to reach different segments, legal consul in California for advice on AB5. As once again a member of Theatre Bay Area Org for the second time, since performing in 2018 at Shelton Theater 533 Sutter Street, I will attend its Open Audition 2025, Feb 8 &9 seeking local talent
December 23, 2024 at 4:39 PM
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Why Are So Many Christians So Cruel?
David French NYTimes Dec. 22, 2024
Because they're fanatics, and in their fanatical lust for power have voted in a narcissistic psycho-path capable only of further destroying the country, already become abundantly clear.
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"Why are so many Christians cruel?" Because they're fanatics, and now in their fanatical lust for power they have voted in a narcissistic psycho-path who is only capable of further destroying the country which has already become abundantly clear. "Give a man a sword and tell him he’s defending the cross, and there’s no end to the damage he can do." Exactly what literal-minded evangelicals have done and are doing. Their interpretation of Christianity is only one among many, and in no way among the best. Christianity itself is only one of the major religious traditions, not the sole and only Truth. The extreme exclusivism of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have often produced, throughout history, a merciless, cruel fanaticism. All three need to learn more from the comparatively more peaceful coexistence, speaking broadly, of Buddhism, Daoism, and Hinduism, and many of the Indigenous traditions. The Catholic interpretation of the political organization that calls itself the Heritage Foundation is neither the Truth of either Catholicism or Christianity, and will similarly only further undermined and destroy America and Christianity further by worshiping and supporting an unfit psychopath. Far from "Christianity" being the future of America, it's become a diabolical curse upon the Nation, all the more unfolding, discredited over the next four years. What John Milton called "filthy lucre" exploits and seeks to obtain trillions through the Golden Calf it's installed
December 22, 2024 at 7:38 PM
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In his 1949 book, The Origin and Goal of History, German philosopher Karl #Jaspers discusses what he calls the Axial Period, ranging from about 800 BC to 200 BC. Jaspers sees it as the axis around which all of subsequent history revolves, creating, quote, the “unity of the whole of history.”

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Unlike the German philosopher Martin Heidegger who joined the Nazi party and always refused to disown National Socialism, Karl Jaspers was a steadfast critic of fascism and communism, and remained in Germany throughout World War II, refusing to flee as so many others did, staying beside his wife who was a Jew. Sometimes we human beings choose the wrong heroes, not heroes at all. Then, it becomes clear, and we just have to slough them off and move on. In his 1949 book, The Origin and Goal of History, Jaspers discusses what he calls the Axial Period, ranging from about 800 BC to 200 BC. Jaspers sees it as the axis around which all of subsequent history revolves, creating, quote, the “unity of the whole of history.” Zoroaster, the Hebrew prophets, Confucius, Laozi of Daoism, Homer and Socrates, the Hindu teachers, and others, represent a similar worldwide effort struggling to plunge deeper into understanding what it means to be a human being. Jaspers argues they were individually and collectively the most influential people who have ever lived and are still influencing and inspiring subsequent millions around the globe. Jasper’s discussion of the Axial Age is contrasted with what he calls the “origin” of history, the dim, unknown ages of time prior to the approximately 5,000 years of recorded history in which people were dominated by oppressive, tyrannical regimes, with little to no evidence of individual existence. The ruler was the deified embodiment of the state. While Jaspers’ insights remain valid, thanks to decades of further research, today much more is now known about those primordial times than in 1949.
December 21, 2024 at 8:04 PM
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John Ellis, The Breakdown of Higher Ed:

"Professors are now predominately closed-minded, ignorant and stupid enough to believe that #Marxism
works despite overwhelming historical evidence that it doesn't. The biggest threat to our future is the tyrannical grip a hopelessly corrupt higher Ed has.."
Quoted from John Ellis' article "Higher Ed Has Become a Threat to America," December 4, 2023, WSJ. John Ellis, The Breakdown of Higher Ed: "Professors are now predominately closed-minded, ignorant and stupid enough to believe that #Marxism works despite overwhelming historical evidence that it doesn't. The biggest threat to our future is the tyrannical grip a hopelessly corrupt higher Ed now has on our national life."
December 21, 2024 at 5:46 PM
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Too narrowly focused on Judaism and Christianity, when Homo-sapiens are heirs of All traditions:
Shock of Faith: It’s Nothing Like I Thought It Would Be
David Brooks, NYTimes. 12-20-24
"For me faith is more about longing and thirsting than knowing and possessing" ALT

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Too narrowly focused on Judaism and Christianity, when we Homo-sapiens are now heirs of All traditions more than ever in the modern world. Shock of Faith: It’s Nothing Like I Thought It Would Be David Brooks, NYTimes. 12-20-24 "For me faith is more about longing and thirsting than knowing and possessing." https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/19/opinion/faith-god-christianity.html
December 20, 2024 at 4:30 PM
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"To carry forward the work of creation in a disintegrating society, some alternative channel must be found."
—Arnold Toynbee, A Study of History. 1972 Abridged Edition (228).
"To carry forward the work of creation in a disintegrating society, some alternative channel must be found." —Arnold Toynbee, A Study of History. 1972 Abridged Edition (228).
December 20, 2024 at 1:00 AM
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John Adams, "Well, Posterity, you will never know how much it cost us to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make a good use of it. If you do not, I shall repent in heaven that I ever took half the pains to preserve it."

#JohnAdams #Constitution #Liberty #Freedom
December 19, 2024 at 3:23 PM
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The Parliament of Poets

"A memorable invocation began the show and, like a rocket, The Poet of the Moon is propelled into the Cosmos. With a long wooden staff, Glaysher appears like Prospero, a lasting call for peace, unity, a unique type of optimism" —Theater Pizzazz, NYC Review, Feb 20, 2024
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"A memorable invocation began the show and, like a rocket, The Poet of the Moon is propelled into the Cosmos. With a long wooden staff, Glaysher appears like Prospero, a lasting call for peace and unity, a unique type of optimism." —Theater Pizzazz, NYC Review, February 20, 2024 Apollo, the Greek god of poetry, calls all the poets of nations, ancient and modern, East and West, to assemble on the moon to consult on the meaning of modern life, seeking our common humanity, with Don Quixote as Master of Ceremonies. Frederick Glaysher performs as The Poet of the Moon, and Tolstoy, Merlin, Black Elk, Chief Seattle, Du Fu, Faerie Queene, Dante, Job, Vyasa, Ta Chak, Rumi, Borges, Sogolon, and other poets from around the world. The 100-minute solo production includes musical interludes, literary and cosmic projections, and humanity coming together in peace and global community. Glaysher has performed more than seventy times around the USA, Canada, Scotland, and most recently in 2024 in NYC at the Jewish Actors Temple Theatre. Earthrise Press Bookshop https://bookshop.org/shop/earthrisepress LinkedIn Profile - Frederick Glaysher https://linkedin.com/in/fglaysher/
December 17, 2024 at 11:10 PM
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Columbia professor Lawrence Rosenblatt resigns:

“I hereby resign my position as a member of the Columbia University faculty, Rosenblatt. Massad “has advocated for the destruction of the State of Israel and celebrated the October 7 attacks.” ALT
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A Columbia University adjunct professor announced his resignation on Monday in response to a report from The Jerusalem Post that an academic who praised the October 7 massacre will be teaching a course on Zionism. International and public affairs adjunct professor Lawrence Rosenblatt sent a resignation letter to the Columbia administration in response to Prof. Joseph Massad’s scheduled teaching of the undergraduate course, History of the Jewish Enlightenment in 19th century Europe and the Development of Zionism. “I hereby resign my position as a member of the Columbia University faculty, effective immediately,” said Rosenblatt. Massad “has advocated for the destruction of the State of Israel and celebrated the October 7 attacks.” Rosenblatt said that having Massad, who authored an October 8 Electronic Intifada article positively describing Hamas operations as “astounding” and retaliatory, teach a course on Zionism was “akin to having a White nationalist teach about the US Civil Rights movement and the struggle for Black equality, having a climate denier teach about the impact of global warming, or a misogynist teach about feminism. “While Massad has a right to think what he thinks and speak what he believes, Columbia has a responsibility to teach objectively and fairly,” wrote Rosenblatt. “At best, perhaps one could tolerate a class on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict co-taught from the many diverse Israeli and Palestinian perspectives, though not by someone who advocates for the eradication of a group of people.”
December 17, 2024 at 3:08 PM
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Apollo's Troupe, LLC is seeking Patron Donations or Gifts to help bring The Parliament of Poets, Celebrating Our Common Humanity, peace and global community, to San Francisco for a second time. Support the solo performance by Frederick Glaysher on another SF stage, 8 to 12 weeks in 2025. See the impact on stage. Support Apollo's Troupe, LLC with a Patron Donation or Gift (neither tax deductible) Help Bring its Message of Peace and Global Community to Humanity. Goal: $100,000 - Paypal Donation Page https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=YHZQYM98A3JY8 Or by check, specify Donation or Gift on the memo line payable to Apollo's Troupe, 5224 Aintree Rd., Rochester, MI 48306 Thank you for your Donation or Gift which helps protect the artistic freedom and independence of Apollo's Troupe. You will receive a grateful letter of acknowledgment for your support and occasionally periodic updates when timely, unless you request otherwise. I'm eager to perform again in San Francisco! The great Patrons of old did not receive tax write-offs. The ancient Greek oligarchs were required by the Senate to fund the performances in the amphitheatres for the benefit of the public. The Roman Maecenas was patron of the epic poet Virgil, Cangrande della Scala of Dante, Lorenzo de' Medici of many artists and painters, none of them received tax write offs. They chose artists they judged worthy of civilization, for the good of the culture. *Goal: $100,000 to rent a theatre or convert a vacant storefront into one, perhaps on Powell Street, as near as possible to Union Square, hire a General Manager, two stagehands, a house manager, three SF Bay Area PR, publicity, and marketing professionals to reach different segments, legal consul in California for advice on AB5. As once again a member of Theatre Bay Area Org for the second time, since performing in 2018 at Shelton Theater at 533 Sutter Street, I will attend its Open Audition 2025, February 8 and 9 seeking local talent.
December 17, 2024 at 12:30 AM
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The Parliament of Poets: An Epic Poem, by Frederick Glaysher
(2024 revised edition) Apollo calls all the poets of the nations, ancient and modern, East and West, to assemble on the moon to consult on the meaning of modern life.The Parliament of Poets sends the main character on a Journey to learn...
The Parliament of Poets: An Epic Poem (2024 revised edition) takes place partly on the moon, at the Apollo 11 landing site, the Sea of Tranquility, and around the world. Apollo, the Greek god of poetry, calls all the poets of the nations, ancient and modern, East and West, to assemble on the moon to consult on the meaning of modern life. The Parliament of Poets sends the main character, the Poet of the Moon, on a Journey to the seven continents to learn from all of the spiritual and wisdom traditions of humankind. On Earth and on the moon, the poets teach a global, universal celebration of life. One of the major themes is the power of women and the female spirit across cultures. Another is the nature of science and religion, including Quantum Physics, as well as the "two cultures," science and the humanities. All the great shades appear at the Apollo 11 landing site in the Sea of Tranquility: Homer and Virgil from the Greek and Roman civilizations; Dante, Spenser, and Milton hail from the Judeo-Christian West; Rumi, Attar, and Hafez step forward from Islam; Du Fu and Li Po, Basho and Zeami, step forth from China and Japan; the poets of the Bhagavad Gita and the Ramayana meet on that plain; griots from Africa; shamans from Indonesia and Australia; Murasaki Shikibu, Emily Dickinson, and Jane Austen, poets and seers of all Ages... "A great epic poem of startling originality and universal significance, in every way partaking of the nature of world literature." --Hans Ruprecht, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada "Very readable and intriguingly enjoyable. A masterpiece that will stand the test of time." --Poetry Cornwall, No. 36, England, UK Product Details Price $32.00 Publisher Earthrise Press Publish Date November 01, 2012 Pages 294 Dimensions 6.0 X 9.0 X 0.81 inches | 1.29 pounds Language English Type Hardcover EAN/UPC 9780982677889 Earthrise Press Bookshop https://bookshop.org/shop/earthrisepress
December 16, 2024 at 7:31 PM
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The Myth of the Enlightenment: Essays, by Frederick Glaysher
2024 revised edition, with two new essays, one on the performing art of the ancient Greek rhapsodes, all written during the 21st Century, with many of them written during Glaysher's writing his epic poem, The Parliament of Poets.
2024 revised edition, with two new essays, one on the performing art of the ancient Greek rhapsodes. These essays and reviews were all written during the 21st Century, with many of them written during Frederick Glaysher's evolving intellectual and spiritual struggle to write his epic poem, The Parliament of Poets. These essays open up Glaysher's own biography and his life-long interest in the writings of Leo Tolstoy, Rabindranath Tagore, John Milton, Saul Bellow, Robert Hayden, and other poets and writers, offering a fresh, new vision of literature and culture. In terms of his engagement with the writings of such philosophers and social thinkers as Plato, Giambattista Vico, Ibn Khaldun, Julien Benda, Pitirim Sorokin, Arnold Toynbee, and Jacques Barzun, Glaysher probes into the dilemmas of the Enlightenment and modernity, as he articulates a vision for the 21st Century beyond postmodernism, favoring neither East nor West, but truly global and universal. From the Preface For over three-hundred years, civilization has been under the sway of the Myth of the Enlightenment... The twentieth century witnessed those cracks transmogrifying into crevasses of gaping and violent proportions, often circling the globe. The last few decades have borne all the more testimony that the Myth of the Enlightenment has become part of the problem and no longer sufficiently comprises what is needed to resolve and heal what civilization is suffering from. "In an era in which the value of human life has become as precarious and narrow as the study of the humanities itself, we need Glaysher's voice more than ever." -Phillip M. Richards, Department of English, Colgate University Product Details Price $30.00 Publisher Earthrise Press Publish Date September 04, 2014 Pages 230 Dimensions 5.0 X 8.0 X 0.56 inches | 0.76 pounds Language English Type Hardcover EAN/UPC 9780982677834 Earthrise Press Bookshop https://bookshop.org/shop/earthrisepress
December 16, 2024 at 6:07 PM
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The Grove of the Eumenides: Essays on Literature, Criticism, and Culture, by Frederick Glaysher
2024 revised edition. Frederick Glaysher evokes a global vision beyond the prevailing postmodern conceptions of life and literature that have become firmly entrenched in contemporary world culture,,,
From New Preface (April 15, 2024): "All the essays in The Grove of the Eumenides were written after 1982 when I wrote my first draft of a plot outline for my epic poem The Parliament of Poets. These essays constitute and record my background study, as it were, over a period of more than twenty years, leading up to their publication in 2007... The Grove of the Eumenides is the foundation upon which my epic poem is built." 2024 revised edition. Frederick Glaysher evokes a global vision beyond the prevailing postmodern conceptions of life and literature that have become firmly entrenched in contemporary world culture.East and West meet in a new synthesis of a global vision of humankind ranging over classic literature, ancient and modern, both Western and non-Western, from the dilemmas of modernity in Yeats, Eliot, Milosz, Bellow, Dostoevsky, to Lu Xun, Ryuichi Tamura, Kenzaburo Oe, Naguib Mahfouz, R. K. Narayan, among others, from mimesis and deconstruction to the United Nations, with extensive essays on Chinese, Japanese, and South-Asian literature. Clearly the work of a poet-critic attempting to embrace a larger portion of human experience than the personal postmodern self, The Grove of the Eumenides reaches toward an epic vision of the twenty-first century. All the muck and glory of American and international experience and history mix in the complex tension of a mind struggling with itself and its Age. Acutely perceptive of the spiritual and moral nuances of literature, criticism, and culture, Glaysher confronts the loss of religious faith in the modern world and breaks through to a vision of the unity of the human longing for transcendence. Product Details Price $38.00 Publisher Earthrise Press Publish Date October 01, 2007 Pages 342 Dimensions 6.0 X 9.0 X 0.88 inches | 1.44 pounds Language English Type Hardcover EAN/UPC 9780967042183 Earthrise Press Bookshop https://bookshop.org/shop/earthrisepress
December 16, 2024 at 4:41 PM
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The Bower of Nil: A Narrative Poem, BY Frederick Glaysher
2024 revised edition. Structured around classical Greek choral movements, the first section ponders themes from Japanese Buddhism, while 2nd & 3rd survey Western philosophy from Plato, Descartes, Pascal, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, East and West.
2024 revised edition. Structured around classical Greek choral movements, the first section ponders themes from Japanese Buddhism, while the second and third survey Western philosophy from Aristotle and Plato through Descartes, Pascal, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Wittgenstein, Heidegger, Derrida, and others, in a powerfully dramatic grappling with philosophy, East and West.​​ Peter Marsh, an academic philosopher weighs modern life in a conversation with his friend, David Emerson, a businessman. Brought together after long separation by the brutal murder of Mary, Peter's wife, a time of devastating loss and crisis, their friendship inspires a dark night of the soul, during which Peter's meditations range over several hundred years of philosophy, politics, religion, social change, the dilemmas of existence, evoking a vision of the complexities of the 21st Century, the United Nations, and global governance. "This is a doorway into the future. Colored richly and satisfyingly with symbols that speak directly to the psyche-the way that artwork spoke to the illiterate in the Middle Ages." -Poems Niederngasse "Glaysher pays his readers the compliment of assuming that they will have at least a basic familiarity with the major world classics and philosophies of both East and West." -Manifold 44 Price $18.00 Publisher Earthrise Press Publish Date May 15, 2009 Pages 72 Dimensions 5.5 X 8.5 X 0.17 inches | 0.22 pounds Language English Type Paperback EAN/UPC 9780967042145 Earthrise Press Bookshop https://bookshop.org/shop/earthrisepress
December 16, 2024 at 3:29 PM
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INTO THE RUINS: POEMS, BY FREDERICK GLAYSHER
2024 revised edition, with several new poems. Into the Ruins confronts much of the human experience left out of the balance by postmodern poetry...

"Out of the mass of recent poetry books, here is one you should read." -William Allegrezza, Jack Magazine
Bookshop.Org - Earthrise Press - https://bookshop.org/shop/earthrisepress 2024 revised edition, with several new poems. Into the Ruins confronts much of the human experience left out of the balance by postmodern poetry, often compared to the Alexandrians and the Neoterics, when writers similarly concentrated on the minor themes of personal life, while ignoring the challenging experience of the public realm. Suffused with a global tragic vision, into the ruins of the 20th Century, Glaysher has his gaze fixed firmly on the 21st. "Out of the mass of recent poetry books, here is one you should read." -William Allegrezza, Jack Magazine
December 16, 2024 at 2:36 PM
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Dec 4, I had the pleasure of seeing Shakespeare's Pericles performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater! Saw Pericles too in 2016 at Canada's Stratford Festival. The RSC gave a powerful rendition. Dramatic use of Tableau!
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Dec 4, Last Wednesday, I had the pleasure of seeing Shakespeare's Pericles performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater! Thanks again to Paul Adrian Fried for posting about its being there, waking me up to the opportunity of seeing it again. Well worth the 300 mile drive from north of Detroit. (Saw an excellent performance too of Pericles in 2016 at the Stratford Festival in Canada.) The RSC gave a powerful rendition of the play. Many outstanding, great actors... I especially liked their dramatic use of Tableau, with several actors, a few times, at the back of the stage.
December 16, 2024 at 12:34 AM
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