In The News: Department of English
Now, detective work by an American academic has uncovered the fantasy author鈥檚 previously unpublished Clarendon Chaucer, and a new book will reveal his conclusions.
The influences on JRR Tolkien鈥檚 writings were many, from Norse mythology to Beowulf, the eighth-century poem. Now the extraordinary discovery of his previously unpublished Clarendon Chaucer edition, a project that he abandoned after 30 years, has revealed his masterpieces were also influenced by the medieval author.
This week, Geoffrey Owens, who decades ago played Elvin Tibideaux on the Cosby Show, was photographed bagging groceries at Trader Joe鈥檚. (via The Takeaway/WNYC)
As the sun sets on summer, the fall cultural season is just getting started. Plan your outings with our handpicked collection of great art, music, literature, theater, and festival events!
Ecstatic 脡migr茅: An Ethics of Practice and We Step Into the Sea: New and Selected Poems by Claudia Keelan
In 2000, Aimee Mann and her husband Michael Penn co-headlined an unlikely but engrossing show at the old Joint, the two sharing the stage, performing each other鈥檚 songs and having comedian Andy Kindler do bits in lieu of awkward stage banter. It was called Acoustic Vaudeville, and it felt like a singer-songwriter showcase turned into a variety show.
What is literary activism? Besides the exact name of the February 28 open forum with 性视界传媒 professors and authors Doug Unger and Jos茅 Ordu帽a? Thirty years ago, it encapsulated a movement pushing alternative ways to print literary works. But Unger defines it two other ways: One describes the act of writing a book on a subject of importance, typically resulting in the writer himself becoming a public advocate for that subject. And then there鈥檚 the second: the promotion of the literary arts鈥攐r, as Unger puts it, 鈥淢aking sure literature鈥攁nd the reading of serious writing鈥攎aintains a cultural place in American society.鈥
Pong was introduced 44 years ago. The movement of a white digital ball back and forth across a TV screen fascinated the world.
From books, films and music to manuscripts and old copies of newspapers, students typically have access to broad array of information at their local campus library.
How else do you beat the heat of a Las Vegas summer than by finding the nearest swimming pool to lounge by?
