January 25 (1949): The first Emmy Awards are presented at the Hollywood Athletic Club in an attempt to give credence to a new dramatic art form, television. 

With the emergence of new media, we are presented with new literary forms. While it may seem ‘unserious’ at first, tweeting, posting, and blogging require us to use our powers of analysis to determine appropriate content, length, and tone of voice…not everything has to be a sonnet!

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