To follow up on our discussion, you can find an outline of Prof. H. Mark Roelofs' concept of the Confessional Life archived on this blog, here: The Confessional Life

James Wood's key review of Open City in the New Yorker: "The Arrival of Enigmas"

Here is the recent article I mentioned by Teju Cole, on the topic of translation, at New York Review of Books: Carrying a Single Life: On Literature and Translation

Teju Cole Interview: My Looking Became Sacred (YouTube): https://youtu.be/71JZEWGtAm4

Teju Cole on Open City - The John Adams Institute (YouTube): https://youtu.be/CySelcG7C30

The Leonard Lopate Show Book Club: Teju Cole Open City (YouTube): https://youtu.be/W8Qf0Iohtos

Here is the magnificent photo book by Teju Cole and Fazal Sheikh, Human Archipelago (image links to Amazon):

Here is a start for a list of books related to our Summer readings and discussions so far (links to Amazon pages): 

Hal Foster -  The Anti-Aesthetic: Essays on Postmodern Culture

Roland Barthes - A Lover's Discourse: Fragments

Julia Kristeva - Revolution in Poetic Language

Arundhati Roy - The God of Small Things

First, my thanks to everyone for all your interest and generosity this past Fall & Spring! And for those looking to plan their reading for the Fall, the reading list follows:

• Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound, trans. Agee (New York Review)
  
• G. de Lorris & J. de Meun, The Romance of the Rose, trans. Horgan (Oxford Classics)
• William Shakespeare, Coriolanus, eds. Mowat & Werstine (Folger)
• James Boswell, Life of Samuel Johnson, ed. Womersley (Penguin)
• William Wordsworth, The Prelude, ed. Gill (Oxford)
  
• Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse (Harcourt)
• Margaret Wrinkle, Wash (Grove)

Here is our updated reading list for the Summer! We'll be reading these in the order listed.

• Julian Barnes, The Only Story
• Emily Fridlund, History of Wolves
• Tommy Orange, There There
• Teju Cole, Open City
• Sophie Calle, True Stories: Sixth Edition
• Pat Barker, The Silence of the Girls
• Patti Smith, Devotion

Looking forward ...

A few links to follow up on our recent discussions:

Shakespeare's English Kings - Peter Saccio's informative and engaging book is a helpful companion to the History Plays.

Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare - Asimov's multidimensional approach to the plays is helpful in providing accessible context.

Chimes at Midnight - Orson Welles as Falstaff (need more be said?). We'll discuss Falstaff in much more detail next session.

Frame story - We mentioned the Canterbury Tales and One Thousand and One Nights. This Wikipedia articles lists many more.

I will be focusing continuing comments on the the stories from Day 1, Story 1; Day 4, Stories 1 & 4; and Day 10, Story 10.

In the meantime, here are links for Pasolini's take on the Decameron:

NY Times (1971)

Wikipedia article

Google search for clips online

And for Sibelius on the Kalevala: 

Google search results for passages online

Maps found by Jon (thanks!):

For more on Salamis, consider these items:

Even though this satellite image was generated for other purposes, it shows the key area where the battle occurred and really conveys how narrow the straits are. The area in the centered square is where much of the fighting took place.

DLR Earth Observation Center

You might also enjoy this website to follow up on the Battle of Salamis and related topics:

https://www.ancient.eu/salamis/

And for additional reading, see Barry Strauss' book:

The Battle of Salamis: The Naval Encounter That Saved Greece -- And Western Civilaztion