A serious list is the WW I Poetry Discussion Board, set up to allow you to post comments about anything seen in the JTAP virtual seminars and to discuss matters related to the poetry of the First World War. There has been some material recently concerning Robert Graves. The JTAP seminars and discussion list are run by Stuart Lee and Paul Groves. Recommended.
"Welcome to theROBERT GRAVES 1895-1985 Live Recitation Chat . Every day, on the hour, fans of the Great Books from around the world gather here to participate in a live recitation centered about ROBERT GRAVES 1895-1985. Generally this chatroom is most active from 9:00 PM to 3:00 AM EST, but you may arrange other times to meet here in the ROBERT GRAVES 1895-1985 Port, where you can also post more permanent messages and enjoy an archive of fellow student's wit and wisdom."
This strange text comes from a server based at the fictional "Western Canon University", in the US, which runs a Robert Graves discussion list (referred to here as a 'port') on the web, and a chatroom on the same site, as part of a much bigger site devoted to literary discussion. The setup is really designed to acquire marketing information, and is rather bizarre (the theme of the site revolves around Piracy, and the Jolly Roger, for no very obvious reason - hence the tone of the quote), but the services are fully functional, and can be used by anyone who wants to leave messages and questions on the web concerning RG, or to chat online with anyone of the same mind (provided that you log in at the same time). The service is completely free. The site was generally quite difficult to find, before these links were established.
Another serious list is the Robert-Graves mailing list at www.mailbase.ac.uk. A forum for discussing the life and work of Robert Graves and for announcing forthcoming publications, the activities of the Robert Graves Trust and Society as well as the St John's College, Oxford, database project. This list has been set up by Dr Ian Firla of the Graves Society. Subscription is open to non-members of the Society. Basic knowledge of Robert Graves is assumed, and elementary questions about his life and work are discouraged. [available from 06 March 1999]
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