Literature

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The New York Timesadded this to Opinion
Harvard Law School
Why Harvard Was Wrong to Make Me Step Down
The New York Times - By RONALD S. SULLIVAN JR.
In May, Harvard College announced that it would not renew the appointment of me and my wife, Stephanie Robinson, as faculty deans of Winthrop House, one of Harvard’s undergraduate residential houses, I
The New York Timesadded this to Opinion
Politics
The Travel Ban Shows What Happens When the Supreme Court Trusts Trump
The New York Times - By NEAL K. KATYAL and JOSHUA A. GELTZER
A year ago, the Supreme Court upheld, by a 5-4 vote, President Trump’s imposition of a ban on travel from several predominantly Muslim countries. The court’s decision was gravely disappointing the day
Bloombergadded this to Politics
Wayfair
Ocasio-Cortez Backs Wayfair Workers’ Ire Over Border-Camp Sales
Bloomberg - Deena Shanker, Jonathan Roeder
Employees at Wayfair Inc. are planning to walk out in protest of the online furniture retailer’s alleged business with contractors that are …
Alexandra Foxadded this to Women's/Feminist News
The Great Gatsby
The Sex Worker Next Door
themillions.com
1. I’ve been interested in prostitution ever since a “deathbed revelation” in 1998. As my beloved maternal grandmother lay dying, my mother, an only …
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African-American News
Americans in the age of Trump: Less tolerant
The Washington Post - By Jennifer Rubin
In a disturbing new poll, the Public Religion Research Institute finds that “while at least two thirds of Americans oppose allowing small business owners to refuse products or services to minority groups
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Air India
Canada's indifference to the 1985 Air India bombing is disturbing
Quartz - Chandrima Chakraborty
On June 23, 1985, Air India Flight 182 departed Toronto via Montreal for Delhi with 329 passengers and crew, mostly Canadians of Indian ancestry. They included 82 children under the age of 13. The end
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Education
The Unproven, Invasive Surveillance Technology Schools Are Using to Monitor Students
propublica.org - By Jack Gillum and Jeff Kao
In response to mass shootings, some schools and hospitals are installing microphones equipped with algorithms. The devices purport to identify stress …
Catherine Vinesadded this to Poetry
Poetry
Poets and Poems: Ilya Kaminsky and “Deaf Republic”
tweetspeakpoetry.com - Glynn Young
Deaf Republic, the new collection of poetry by Ilya Kaminsky, is striking on at least two counts, and possibly a third. First, it is a story, a …
The Line of Best Fitadded this to The Line of Best Fit
Albums
Banks is releasing a poetry book alongside her new album
thelineofbestfit.com - Cerys Kenneally
Banks has revealed that she will be releasing a poetry book alongside her forthcoming album III. In a new interview with Best Fit, Banks has shared …
Los Angeles Timesadded this to Local
Poetry
Holly Prado, poet who championed L.A.’s literary scene, dies at 81
Los Angeles Times - By Dorany Pineda
Holly Prado, an admired poet, fiction writer and educator who championed what she came to see as Los Angeles’ under-recognized literary scene, has died at the age of 81. Prado was proofreading her latest
Rob Ahlersadded this to San Francisco - Fun Stuff
University of San Francisco
Frisco 1956: The Best of Times?
beyondchron.org - Jonah Raskin
“San Francisco teems with young poets. Hundreds from about sixteen to thirty may show up and engage in an enthusiastic, freewheeling celebration of …
The Washington Post Magazine
David Hogg
Parkland’s David Hogg: ‘Children having to go through active shooter drills is not what freedom looks like to me’
The Washington Post Magazine - By KK Ottesen
David Hogg, 19, is co-founder of Never Again MSD, a gun control advocacy group formed by students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., in the aftermath of the deadly shooting at school
Lisa Johnsonadded this to Inquerious
The Theatre
'Your cat is watching you!' The fearless felines hidden by their author
The Guardian - Arifa Akbar
I always suspect my cat knows more than I can tell Penny McCarthy What was the first novel in the English language? This seemingly benign question is the source of centuries of literary squabbles. Some
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Great Books
25 Wedding Readings From Classic Literature
Bustle - Kristian Wilson
Planning a wedding is tough stuff, and finding the perfect vows, music, and readings, in addition to your venue, food, and flowers, can be a …
Radio Timesadded this to Entertainment
Drama
The best TV shows airing in 2019
radiotimes.com - Ellie Harrison
From dramas and documentaries to comedy and entertainment shows, here are all the biggest new and returning series of the year. What will you be …
Catherine Vinesadded this to Poetry
Poetry
Redux: Rushing Seas and Dozing Shores
The Paris Review
Every week, the editors of The Paris Review lift the paywall on a selection of interviews, stories, poems, and more from the magazine’s archive. You can have these unlocked pieces delivered straight to
Painting
Welcome to South Bend: On the Map
therumpus.net - Kelcey Parker Ervick
Poetry
Episode 86 - Poem of the Day - If by Rudyard Kipling
spreaker.com - Danny Ballan
In today's Poem of the Day episode, we will dive deep in the world of Rudyard Kipling and his famous poem 'If' Support this podcast by becoming a …
Poetry
Zines From a Revolution by Michael Bronski
poetryfoundation.org - Poetry Foundation
It looked like a scene from Citizen Kane, only in miniature. The would-be Xanadu was a dilapidated, unkempt house in Cambridge, Massachusetts, …
Catherine Vinesadded this to Poetry
Conservative View
How I Dug Into My Favorite Poem When It Grew Into Real Life Around Me
thefederalist.com - Literature
Lately, I have taken to waking up early, 5 am to be exact. This time of year it is just about the hour when the sun begins to grace Brooklyn with a …
The Line of Best Fitadded this to The Line of Best Fit
Albums
Banks: Empress of Empathy
thelineofbestfit.com - Pip Williams
Almost three years after the release of her sophomore record The Altar, Jillian Banks continues her courtship of both the monstrous and the divine on …
Tony Luchiniadded this to Teaching
Students
The 'New Realms' of Digital Writing: 3 Classroom Examples From ISTE
edweek.org - Benjamin Herold
Michele Haiken isn't quite ready to do away with student essays. But the veteran English teacher at New York's Rye Middle School would much rather get …
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The Arts
Mark Haddon’s Strange, Exciting New Novel Has Its Roots in Ancient Myth
The New York Times - By SARAH LYALL
Three years ago, the British director Trevor Nunn brought Shakespeare’s not-often-performed play “Pericles, Prince of Tyre” to Brooklyn. A retelling of the ancient legend of Apollonius, “Pericles” is about
Great Books
‘1984’ in 2019
themillions.com
Every decade or so, writes George Packer in his review of Dorian Lynskey’s The Ministry of Truth, it’s the same old line: “[George] Orwell got it wrong. …
Science by Anna Elise Anderson
hobartpulp.com - Anna Elise Anderson
When the cops caught me I was huffing, hot, standing outside the white half-bus Ma told me never to ride in. Made me mad when she first said it, …
Mueller Report
The Mueller Report as Graphic Novel, Emma Cline on Creative
pw.org - Staff
Every day Poets & Writers Magazine scans the headlines—publishing reports, literary dispatches, academic announcements, and more—for all the news that …
Catherine Vinesadded this to Poetry
Langston Hughes
Isaac Julien: 'I'm interested in poetry' – Interview | Tate
tate.org.uk - Tate
If someone was to approach me and to ask me what is my work about, I would say that I'm a poet, that I'm interested in poetry. And in my work it's …
Hajin
Recent Books by Alumni
bu.edu - www.bu.edu
View awards, fellowships, residencies, and journal publications at our Program Blog. The Victorian and the Romantic: A Memoir, a Love Story, and a …
Poetry
Poem of the Week: ‘Speech on the “Fin de Siècle”’
the-tls.co.uk - www.the-tls.co.uk
Conservative View
Standing In A Prague Sunbeam
theamericanconservative.com - Rod Dreher
As regular readers know, I’m working on a book about what lessons we can learn from the experiences of those who lived under Eastern bloc communism, …