Petit, the Poet Resources

Here's a thorough biography of Edgar Lee, with links to his work.

Read the entire collection of Spoon River Anthology, collected right here in cyberspace.

Modern American Poetry provides a helpful timeline, and some keen photos of where Edgar lies buried today (much like Petit was in the poem).

Check out this dramatic interpretation of Masters' Anthology. The costumes are sweet.

This one looks to be a high school production. But hey: original guitars.

Take a little video tour of Masters' old stomping grounds.

Got three and a half hours to kill? Then listen up, Shmoopers.

Got just a minute? Here's the poem on its own.

What it lacks in oomph, it makes up for with dainty background music.

Here's a photo of the bespectacled Edgar Lee.

No big deal—he's just chilling with some patio furniture.

The theatrical version of the Spoon River Project was made into this movie in 1969.

Check out this horror flick, based (pretty loosely) on Masters' book.

Here's a fun fact for you: apparently our guy Masters hated Abraham Lincoln.

There are plenty of versions of Spoon River Anthology in print, but this one's the 100th anniversary version.

This is the pretty unflattering biography of Lincoln that Masters wrote. Okay…