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April 21, 2015
in Humanities, Literature

Why Poetry Matters

April 21, 2015
in Humanities, Literature

In Why Poetry Matters, the gifted poet, novelist and biographer Jay Parini gives us a deeply felt meditation on poetry. He explores its language and meaning, and its power to open minds and transform lives. Parini ponders Aristotle, Horace, and Longinus, and moves on through Sidney, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley, Eliot,

December 3, 2013
in American History, Humanities, Literature, Philosophy

In Conversation with Susan Sontag: Art Through Metaphor

December 3, 2013
in American History, Humanities, Literature, Philosophy

“Being intelligent isn’t, for me, like doing something ‘better.’ It’s the only way I exist…. I know I’m afraid of passivity (and dependence). Using my mind, something makes me feel active (autonomous). That’s good.” –Susan Sontag, As Consciousness Is Harnessed to Flesh Susan Sontag viewed the world as metaphors. In