Amazon Book Editors Announce the Big Fall Books Preview
Amazon customers can get an early look at fall’s most anticipated reads, as well as editors’ picks for great under-the-radar releases (more…)
Category Archives: Literature
2013 Bollingen Poetry Prize Goes to Charles Wright
Charles Wright, hailed as one of the leading American poets of his generation, has been named the winner of Yale’s 2013 Bollingen Prize for American Poetry. (more…)
New book by James Wellman explores the rise, effect of Pastor Rob Bell
James Wellman, associate professor of American religion in the Jackson School of International Studies, is the author of the book “Rob Bell and a New American Christianity.” He answered a few questions about his book for UW Today. (more…)
Medieval Manuscripts to Get Technological Makeover
The world’s largest collection of Anglo-Saxon (Old English) poetry may soon be available on a smart device App, as part of a project initiated by the University of Exeter.
The App is in its prototype stage of development but in time will introduce school age pupils to the world of medieval manuscripts and the history of the book.
The initial stage will be based around Exeter Cathedral’s famous Exeter Book (10th century) which features the Exeter Riddles, a collection of 96 literary mysteries. The University of Exeter’s Modern Languages department is working in collaboration with Antenna International to create the App which will reveal the secrets of medieval literature to a new audience. The research into the prototype model was initially funded by Research & Enterprise in Arts & Creative Technology (REACT) and Higher Education Innovation Funding (HEIF). (more…)
Beauty And Horror
Environmental author Terry Tempest Williams finds beauty in the midst of devastation
From the devastation of disasters such as last year’s Japanese earthquake and tsunami or accidents such as the Gulf oil spill or human brutality such as the Rwandan genocide, beauty can emerge, environmental author and activist Terry Tempest Williams told an audience of about 250 at Mitchell Hall last week. (more…)
The Times they are acclaimin’
Fiction writer Charles Baxter talks about writing and life
Miss Ferenczi, a substitute teacher, begins a stint by ditching a boring lesson on traditional Egyptian irrigation methods and winging it. (more…)
Scientists Recreated 3D-Portrait of William Shakespeare on Death Mask
The History Channel will air a new view of William Shakespeare on “Death Masks” Sept. 13, according to the Daily Mail. (more…)