To an Athlete Dying Young Resources

For more fun Housman facts, check out his complete bio from the folks at the Poetry Foundation.

Here's a very clickable bio that breaks up Housman's life into easily digestible chunks. Gross.

When do you know you've made it as a poet? When you have your own "society." Here's a link to the Housman Society, the home for all things A.E.-related.

Here's a video project that uses "To an Athlete Dying Young" to remember runner Steve Prefontaine, who, like the athlete in Housman's poem, died… young.

Check out a dramatic reading of "To and Athlete Dying Young."

Here's your chance to put your feet up and listen to someone else read the poem—and read it well.

Composers Vaughan Williams and Butterworth (sorry, no relation to the maple syrup lady) set one of Housman's poems, "Is My Team Ploughing," to music. We thinks it's tough to dance to, but see what you think.

Dig the 'stache, gang.

Check out these photos and drawings of Housman from the National Portrait Gallery.

Well, not so much tackles like in football, it just discusses, really.

When a star high school athlete is senselessly murdered, a sports writer turns to Housman.

Here's the book in which "To an Athlete Dying Young" first appeared.

This is Housman's second (and last) collection of poems published during his lifetime.