Here are some NLP classes:

* Oxford Deep NLP Lectures https://github.com/oxford-cs-deepnlp-2017/lectures

* Stanford Natural Language Processing with Deep Learning http://web.stanford.edu/class/cs224n/syllabus.html

* Georgia Tech Natural Language Understanding https://github.com/jacobeisenstein/gt-nlp-class

* Georgia Tech Deep Learning For NLP in PyTorch https://github.com/rguthrie3/DeepLearningForNLPInPytorch

And some books:

* Natural Language Processing with Python https://www.amazon.com/Natural-Language-Processing-Python-An...

* Foundations of Statistical Natural Language Processing https://www.amazon.com/Foundations-Statistical-Natural-Langu...

Wow, thanks for mentioning my blog! I got into this using "Natural Language Processing with Python", which is basically an intro textbook for NLP that uses NLTK.

I particularly like that they include example exercises in each chapter, because it can be otherwise challenging to see how particular techniques are useful.

https://www.amazon.com/Natural-Language-Processing-Python-An...