News and Notes by Date
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September 2013
09-30-2013
Bard professor, writer Verlyn Klinkenborg offers a meditation on the arrival of autumn.
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
09-26-2013
Tim Davis is traveling the United States with journalist Joe Hagan, profiling Americans from all walks of life using old-fashioned tools: pen and paper, and a large format view camera.
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature,Division of the Arts | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature,Division of the Arts | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
09-26-2013
Bard writer in residence Teju Cole was in Nairobi last week during the terrorist attack at the Westgate mall, and met Kofi Awoonor at the Storymoja Hay Festival shortly before his death.
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature,Politics and International Affairs | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature,Politics and International Affairs | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
09-22-2013
Francine Prose considers the flawed yet heroic characters of Nicole Holofcener’s new film, Enough Said.
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature,Division of the Arts,Film | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature,Division of the Arts,Film | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
09-09-2013
Francine Prose ventures into the secret corners of the city with three museums off the beaten path.
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature,Division of the Arts | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature,Division of the Arts | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
09-09-2013
Bard history professor Richard Aldous's new biography Tony Ryan: Ireland's Aviator chronicles the life of the billionaire philanthropist. This article offers a taste of the new book.
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature,Division of Social Studies | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature,Division of Social Studies | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
09-05-2013
"One observation I try to impart to my undergraduate writing students is this: you have never read a first draft," writes Brendan Mathews.
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature,Early Colleges | Institutes(s): Bard College at Simon's Rock,Center for Civic Engagement |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature,Early Colleges | Institutes(s): Bard College at Simon's Rock,Center for Civic Engagement |
09-05-2013
"Humans have always had trouble understanding instinct," writes Verlyn Klinkenborg. "If we experience it, we do not recognize it as such."
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature,Environmental/Sustainability | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature,Environmental/Sustainability | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
09-05-2013
As the tennis season comes to a close, Professor Joseph Luzzi performs an annual ritual of rereading John McPhee’s Levels
of the Game, about the historic 1968 U.S. Open semifinal between Arthur Ashe and Clark
Graebner.
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Athletics,Division of Languages and Literature,Division of Social Studies | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Athletics,Division of Languages and Literature,Division of Social Studies | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
09-04-2013
Last week the New York Times announced a new back page for its Book Review, called Bookends, in which two writers tackle a provocative question. Daniel Mendelsohn and Francine Prose are among the columnists.
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature,Division of Social Studies | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature,Division of Social Studies | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
09-04-2013
Teju Cole parodies a recent Washington Post piece titled “9 questions about Syria you were too embarrassed to ask.”
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature,Politics and International Affairs | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature,Politics and International Affairs | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
09-04-2013
Bard alumnus, writer, and director David Cote '92 will direct two plays in New York City this month: Otherland, which he wrote, and Something Something Über Alles, written by late Bard faculty member Assurbanipal Babilla.
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Division of Languages and Literature,Theater | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Division of Languages and Literature,Theater | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
09-01-2013
Norman Rush promised his wife, Elsa, that his new novel would be short and he would finish it quickly. It was a promise he couldn't keep. Wyatt Mason tells the story of marriage and collaboration.
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature | Institutes(s): Hannah Arendt Center |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature | Institutes(s): Hannah Arendt Center |
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