Category: Friday Fun

Required reading for the world?

We recently asked our followers on Facebook what books they believe should be universally required reading. We present for your consideration the following list of recommendations, representing a wide range (as you can see) of interests, eras, and genres: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, suggested by Justine Erdin Brave New World, suggested by Allison […]

Weekly Round-Up, 9-4-17

Welcome back to campus, scholars! We missed you so, so much. So much that we planned many events to spend some time with you. (More on that later.) For now, here are the (belated) weekly links. Plagued by pre-semester anxiety? Well, that’s nothing to be ashamed of. A gentle pug has some words of encouragement […]

Weekly Round-Up, 8-26-17

Greetings, scholars! Nervous about the approaching semester? Never fear! Our Core authors will always stand beside you, forever creeping into your mind whenever you try to write papers and complete assignments for other classes. (On their behalf, we’re sorry.) This week in books: More millennials in the United States visited libraries last year than any […]

Weekly Round-Up, 8-19-17

Bon weekend, Corelings! We hope these last few weeks of summer break are treating you well. Now onto the links: ICYMI: The Core minor is now live. This is BIG, folks. A solar eclipse is scheduled for this Monday, August 21. If you are currently in Boston, the best time to witness the event (taking […]

Weekly Round-Up, 8-12-17

O Corelings, how we pine for you in the air-conditioned, quiet, peanut butter pretzel-stocked Core office. You know, you’re welcome to visit us, alumni and incoming freshmen included. (CAS 119!) In the meantime, here are this week’s links. This weekend, catch Brown Box Theatre Project’s production of Hamlet in nearby Allston at a formerly abandoned […]

Weekly Round-Up, 8-5-17

Hello, scholars! Today we look at some sizzling hot takes, looted and fairly acquired art, and more. Read on: Love the book, hate the fanfare: Associate professor of English at Montclair State University and The Atlantic contributor Patricia A. Matthew discusses her mixed feelings on Jane Austen, her work, and the admiration the author often […]

Weekly Round-Up, 7-29-17

Oh hello, scholars. This week we take a look at some dead people heads, share some relationship advice, and offer an Instagram account to spice up your feed. Read on! Over at Stanford University, celebrations of the 200-year anniversary of Jane Austen’s death continue as a professor and two doctoral students take a look at […]

Weekly Round-Up, 7-22-17

Scholars? Is that you? Sorry, we can’t see so well in this blinding sun that has been so persistent this week. Not that we’re complaining (actually, we are; we are book-dwellers who screech when exposed to the light of the sun). Anyway, here are the weekly links. The MoMA has released a digital exhibition of […]

Weekly Round-Up, 7-16-17

Hellooooo Corelings! This week we look at memes, some sweet maps of Hell, and the Core Journal, again, because every work in there is worth your time (the author is definitely not saying that because she is a frequent contributor). Fun fact: Did you know the Epic of Gilgamesh, the Tao Te Ching, and works […]

Weekly Round-Up, 7-8-17

Greetings Corelings old and new, just born and one foot in the grave. Even those Core animals, of which there are many. Gather ’round for this week’s installment of news and articles of interest! On this day: Artemesia Gentileschi was born today, July 8, in 1593. Read about her life and art in a piece […]