Brilliant Minds

We'll miss Updike

See the NYTimes on Updike's passing. We'll certainly need to put his work on our upcoming Reading Lists.

Peter reading at Cornelia Street Cafe on 2/16

Peter will be reading his poetry for the New York Quarterly's Reading Series at the Cornelia Street Cafe (29 Cornelia Street, NYC 10014) on Monday, February 16th at 6pm. To find us there click the Map & Directions (will open up new window).

Quotable Erdrich

Louise Erdrich was recently at BAM for a reading. A post on the BAM website quotes her as follows:

"English is . . . a big, gobbling, greedy, thorny language, and a gift to writers because it absorbs all corners and yet retains its most ancient self." —Louise Erdrich

(Erdrich's The Plague of Doves will be on our Summer Reading List.)

See The Cherry Orchard

Make a point to see the Bridge Project's production of Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard at the BAM Harvey Theater. Simon Russell Beale is a brilliant Lopakhin, and Stoppard's English version is crisp and effective.

New Year's Resolution #1

What to do until class begins!