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.
Brilliant Minds -
Spring 2010
Aristotle: The Basic Works of Aristotle (Modern Library Classics)
Marcus Aurelius: The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (Oxford World's Classics)
Hildegard of Bingen: Selected Writings (Hildegard of Bingen) (Penguin Classics)
William Shakespeare: The Taming of the Shrew (The Pelican Shakespeare)
Anne Bronte: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Oxford World's Classics)
Course Blogs
Sites to Visit
- archipelago books
A not-for-profit literary press dedicated to promoting cross-cultural exchange through international literature in translation - Athanata Arts - blog
Check here for our most recent news & forthcoming projects! - Athanata Arts, Ltd.
Back to our Home Page - Brilliant Minds
Companion site to Prof. Peter Arcese's literature course - Mythologos
Interpretations of Ancient Greek Mythology - New York Quarterly - Poetry Magazine
"... an amazing, intelligent, crazy, creative, strange, and indispensable magazine." - James Dickey - phanopticon
photos - poetscraft.com
Craft of poetry as taught by William Packard - presents support materials for poets as well as readers and teachers of poetry
January 13, 2009
What I'm Reading
Right Now
James Wood (Author): How Fiction Works (Paperback)
Conversational approach makes more sophisticated analysis accessible. (****)The Honorable Richard A. Posner: A Failure of Capitalism: The Crisis of '08 and the Descent into Depression
As a Federal Judge, economist, and literate writer, Posner's view is always worth considering. (*****)Mahmoud Darwish: A River Dies of Thirst: journals
Profoundly poetic, challenging personally and politically. (*****)Eduardo Galeano: Mirrors: Stories of Almost Everyone
The titles of these re-tellings are much of the fun & wit, as are at least one observation or turn of phrase per story. (*****)
