Dear Reader: Lives of Letters
Let’s read dead people’s mail. Now, you might be wondering, why we ought to spend a term doing something as nosy as that? It is
March 27, 2024
Let’s read dead people’s mail. Now, you might be wondering, why we ought to spend a term doing something as nosy as that? It is
In the essay that introduces the collection The Fire This Time, writer Jesmyn Ward articulates her understanding of the American racial present with startling clarity:
Here in the Pioneer Valley, the dark greens of late summer transition to a rich panoply of color as temperatures shift from hot and humid
Future Shock: Apocalypse and Dystopia in Contemporary Literature. The ground-breaking “dystopian” novels of the 20th Century, such as Orwell’s 1984, Huxley’s Brave New World and
This course takes its title from film critic Nina Auerbach’s study of vampires in literature and popular culture, wherein she asserts that her fascination with
How did we get from Achilles to Spiderman? What are heroes really good for? Where did the concept originate? Who is allowed to be a
Trapped in temperatures plummeting as low as 52 degrees below zero, explorer Adolphus Greely desperately scribbled, “We have been lured here to our destruction. We
Wander into the realm of the unknown and confront the things that go bump in the night. Through a selection of modern horror, spanning novels,
In Toni Morrison’s Sula, the character Nel Wright looks in the mirror and whispers, “I’m me…Me.” In this moment, Nel is articulating a vision of
It takes time for poems to become “news that stays news.” In this year-long course, we will approach the making of poems through the lens
American writers continue to expose the tension between conventional and unconventional impulses as individuals struggle to find their place in or apart from a larger
This course offers just a taste of what the vast genre of food writing has to offer. Together, we will sample works from famous chefs,
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