Fri. 12:06 – Billy Collins writes conversational, personal, and thoughtful poems, and has renewed interest in the art form. 08/13/2021.
Despite that, he has also weathered some criticism....
Listening to Literature
Fri. 12:06 – The Silent Sentinels were women who picketed the White House in favor of sufferage, for two and a half years. 08/06/2021.
Many of the nearly 2,000 women who picketed...
Fri. 12:06 – Karel Capek’s 1920 play R.U.R. introduced the word “robot” for the first time. 07/22/2021.
Capek’s robots are serfs, which the same self-awareness...
Fri. 12:06 pm – Walt Whitman’s poem Song of Myself was first written in 1855 and the final edition appeared in 1891 – he revised it frequently. 07/16/2021.
It is at once an excursion into his...
Fri. 12:06 pm – Leigh Rich and P. T. Bridgeport examine the books C. P. Snows books on scientific decisions, and their current relevance. 07/09/2021.
In a 1959 lecture, C. P. Snow stated...
Fri. 12:06 The Turner Thesis states that Americans are indeed exceptional, and that the frontier is the cause of our talents. 07/02/2021.
Frederick Jackson Turner wrote The Significance of the...
Fri. 12:06 – Writer and journalist Janet Malcolm died last week, 06/25/2021.
leaving behind articles in The New Yorker and...
Fri. 1206 – Lorrie Moore has established herself as an acute observer and trenchant commentator, as well as having extraordinary writing skills. 06/18/2021.
She’s published six short story collections, three novels,...
Fri. 12:06 – The New Journalism refocused articles to include personal opinions and experiences. 06/11/2021.
Tom Wolfe and Hunter Thompson took full advantage. ...
