Posts Tagged literature
SZYMBORSKA
by Jack Grapes
I came home
Wednesday night from class
and Lori was ensconced
like a caterpillar in a cocoon
on the bed, watching a movie on tv
about crazy people who fall in love
and break china.
"Szymborska died," I said.
She reached for the remote
and shut the tv off.
The room expanded
into that quiet bubble we experience
when we shut off the More...
Alice Walker
First black woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction and the National Book Award, author of 15 novels and short story collections, 10 books of poetry and 10 non-fiction books, too, Alice Walker is far more than prolific: she is excellent; she is transformational. We also love her rich website. Happy birthday week, Alice.
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Why Historical Dramas Set Our World Right
by Norman Allen
All is well in American television now that Downton Abbey has returned to PBS. Rosy sunsets again cast their light over the stones of Lord Grantham’s vast home, the downstairs staff rises above their under-educated prejudices and the family upstairs lowers their standards while opening their hearts. And it never rains—in England.
Historic dr More...
When the Small Vanish, the Large Grow Weak
by Ulli K. Ryder
There is a disturbing trend in academia and society at large: In a nation that is becoming more diverse, the information available to us is becoming less so. Those driving this shift use two main arguments: 1) certain kinds of information are not economically viable and 2) certain kinds of information are divisive. Whether making an economic or pol More...
Can You Spot the 13 Things That Changed?
by Adam Leipzig
One of the biggest mistakes creative people and entrepreneurs make is that they want everything to be perfect. We generally don’t want to reveal our work to the world until it is finished.
Here, we take a different approach. We know Cultural Weekly will never be finished, because we’re always in dialogue with you. So we keep changing.
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