For reasons that will become more clear very soon, may we suggest that you add to your summer reading list a work by Edward P. Jones? Perhaps his Pulitzer Prize winning novel The Known World? Or maybe his breathtaking collection of stories All Aunt Hagar’s Children?
These are books that are well worth your time … but keep checking this blog, and you’ll see why we are recommending some time with Mr. Jones this August.
JEWISH LITERATURE LIVE: Myla Goldberg may be a “freak of nature” as she describes herself. From meeting her earlier on Thursday, I certainly found her charming, witty, and quirky in the best possible way, so her self-labeling at her reading at the DCJCC was odd to me. Then again, Goldberg could be seen as a…
Someone stole the electronic projector last night from our newly renovated seminar room. Value: $3500. Please let us know if you have any information or saw anything suspicious. This is very disheartening. Share on FacebookTweet
(but we all know where a degree in English lit actually leads) [thanks, Beth Lattin!] Share on FacebookTweet
On Sunday, April 19 at 7:00 pm, Sixth & I Historic Synagogue is hosting A.B. Yehoshua, one of Israel’s most acclaimed authors (Harold Bloom dubbed him the “Israeli Faulkner”). He will be reading from his latest novel, Friendly Fire, and discussing the book with Leon Wieseltier, literary editor of The New Republic. Tickets are $12…
Our sincere apologies for the fact that our tea and sherry swilling party was cut short by the evacuation of the Academic Center due to a suspicious package. Alumni will be heartened to know that six brave faculty members endured the long wait for re-entry to Rome Hall, then imbibed the remaining sherry … and…
Gelman Library Exhibit Opening: “A Kind of Map of Life”: The Fiction of Edward P. Jones Stop by Café G on the first floor of Gelman Library to see “A Kind of Map of Life”: The Fiction of Edward P. Jones, a new exhibit that explores the connections between Jones’ work and the history of…
