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Writers’ Reasons For Reading

April 24, 2013 at 9:46 am

Here is where these great writers get their zest for reading: “Every man who knows how to read has it in his power to magnify himself, to multiply the ways in which he exists, to make his life full, significant, and interesting.” Aldous Huxley “Reading a book is like re-writing it for yourself. You bring […]

By mdimov | Also posted in Core Authors, Future of the Book, Great Ideas, Great Personalities, Great Questions | Tagged Aldous Huxley, Angela Carter, book, drama, Franz Kafka, interest, motivation, reading, W Somerset Maugham | Comments (0)

Core Banquet: Invitations!

April 24, 2013 at 9:32 am

To all Core scholars: You are invited to next week’s Core Banquet; we’re very much looking forward to the occasion. We would like to invite you to submit your shout-outs and photos, so that they can be inserted into the slide show that will be playing throughout the evening. Any photos (of Core friends, classes, […]

By mdimov | Also posted in Activities, Announcements, Community, Core in the City, Core Lecturers, Events, Friday Fun, Great Ideas | Tagged banquet, Core Banquet, drink, end, food, fun, gathering, memories, music, pictures, semester, together | Comments (0)

An Oddly Modern Antiquarian Bookshop

April 23, 2013 at 1:29 pm

In an intriguing article for the New York Times, Jody Rosen discusses a fascinating but little-known bookstore called Monkey’s Paw, and gives ideas on how such businesses fit into today’s literary world. Here is an extract: “Life-Spark Stories for the Intelligent Young.” Attributed to the author “R. K.,” it tells the story of a “bright […]

By mdimov | Also posted in Community, Future of the Book, Great Ideas | Tagged age, antique, antiquity, balance, book, bookstore, future, literature, new, odd, rare, technology | Comments (0)

Annual Poetry Reading: Poetry’s Distant Voice

April 23, 2013 at 12:59 pm

The Core presents a “set of two poems, which are the same poem” as phrased by Zachary Bos, one of the respected speakers at the Annual Poetry Reading this year on April 16th. The theme of the reading was “Poetry’s Distant Voice”, and here is Zachary Bos’ contribution: From The Book of Hours I, 36 MacDiarmid, […]

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Times Higher Education – “Creative Writing”

April 22, 2013 at 10:00 am

The Core presents an interesting feature from Times Higher Education, in which they offer their insight on what the causes, and possible consequences, of the rise of “creative writing” may be. Here is a sample: Despite the speed and apparent smoothness with which creative writing has become incorporated into English departments, or (especially in the US) as a […]

By mdimov | Also posted in Academics, Community, Future of the Book, Great Questions | Tagged article, artist, author, creative, essay, feature, personal, system, THE, Times Higher Education, tool, writing | Comments (0)

WPA Literature-Related Poster #6

April 22, 2013 at 9:00 am

The Core would like to share an interesting source of literature-related art: The Federal Art Project, the visual arts arm of the WPA program from August 29, 1935 until June 30, 1943. The FAP commissioned unemployed artists, including Jackson Pollack, to create public service posters, murals and paintings. The paintings depict various programs and projects sponsored […]

By mdimov | Also posted in Community, Great Ideas, Great Photograph | Tagged Community, FAP, Federal, mural, painting, Poster, program, progress, work, WPA | Comments (0)

Trojan Women Performances!

April 18, 2013 at 11:11 am

Among the greatest of all antiwar dramas, Trojan Women meditates on the moments of individual choice that separate death and life, despair and hope, future and past. In a contemporary adaptation by Jocelyn Clarke, characters such as Odysseus who were formerly seen but not heard appear, and live original music underscores the timeless tale. Acclaimed […]

By mdimov | Also posted in Activities, Announcements, Community, Core in the City, Friday Fun, Great Ideas | Tagged acting, actora, actress, antiwar, drama, performance, play, production, theater, Trojan Women, Troy | Comments (0)

WPA Literature-Related Poster #5

April 18, 2013 at 9:00 am

By mdimov | Also posted in Community, Great Ideas, Great Photograph | Tagged Community, FAP, mural, painting, Poster, program, progress, service, work, WPA | Comments (0)

Salvador Dali: Dante’s Purgatorio

April 17, 2013 at 3:27 pm

Relating to CC102’s study of Dante’s Divine Comedy are illustrations made by Salvador Dali for Purgatorio. Here is a sample: For the full set of images, visit bit.ly/16MKCYi. To view Dali’s illustrations for Inferno, visit bit.ly/10jHp1E, and for Paradiso, visit bit.ly/17vAa9P.

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WPA Literature-Related Poster #4

April 16, 2013 at 9:00 am

By mdimov | Also posted in Community, Great Ideas, Great Photograph | Tagged Community, FAP, mural, painting, Poster, program, progress, work, WPA | Comments (0)

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