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-35 posts tagged "literature"
Angela Mathew | Tuesday, February 21, 2023
Anne Carson, who will be visiting to speak on campus on Wednesday and Thursday this week, is a Canadian poet, translator and professor. Her writing often includes literary allusions, especially from ancient Greek and Latin works. Seeing posters for her “History of Skywriting” talk all around campus, I didn’t think I had ever heard of
Elizabeth Prater | Tuesday, November 29, 2022
“Catcher in the Rye.” “The Prince.” “Norwegian Wood.” These are all some of the books that are commonly cited as “red flags” when a person indicates them as one of their favorites. There is something unsettling about nominating these texts, amongst others, as “one of the greats.” A lot of these books concern controversial topics and feature
Elizabeth Prater | Tuesday, November 15, 2022
When you dedicate a whole column to writing about literature, you may find yourself responding to the ultimate question: “What is your favorite book?” While I certainly have several, I always find the need to add a qualifying statement, as if these works are not substantive on their own. “It takes a while to get into it,”
Emma Duffy | Sunday, October 30, 2022
Social media is full of comments on what books are acceptable to read. There are warnings plastered all across online platforms declaring that it is a red flag if someone likes “The Catcher in the Rye” by J.D. Salinger or “Gone Girl” by Gillian Flynn, maybe even “The Stranger” by Albert Camus. At the same
The Observer | Tuesday, October 25, 2022
This year, Notre Dame’s book club is striving to go global by picking a book with an international connection each month. To maximize their multiculturalism, the officers plan to collaborate with Notre Dame’s cultural clubs that correspond with their monthly read. “We are choosing books based on different cultures,” said book club president and graduate
Liam Price | Monday, September 26, 2022
Notre Dame’s Institute for Latino Studies (ILS) and the Initiative on Race and Resilience will present “Afro-Latinx Poetry Now” on Tuesday and Wednesday, featuring six Afro-Latino visiting poets who will appear both publicly for talks in McKenna Hall and privately in selected Notre Dame classrooms. Both days, Poetry Now’s public events will consist of “Poets
Nicole Bilyak | Thursday, September 1, 2022
Let’s face it: nobody wants to hear that their book has been banned because of “controversial topics.” But the reality is that many of the classic novels that we were either forced to read in school or that we chose to read actually turned out to be either a challenged or banned book because of
Angela Mathew | Thursday, April 7, 2022
Sitting in the Leighton Concert Hall on March 25, I felt like I was on another plane of existence. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie was on stage in a gorgeous red dress, and I couldn’t stop smiling. I had never met the masters student with the glorious Afro sitting to my left or the young Nigerian
Madeline Law | Wednesday, February 23, 2022
Spring break is not in two weeks. It can’t be. I still have two papers, a rewrite, a project and two midterms to tackle, not to mention rehearsals and work and … oh yeah, going to classes. All in 14 days. Did I stress you out? My bad. I stressed myself out, too. Despite these
Claire Lyons | Tuesday, January 11, 2022
Literary legend Joan Didion passed away shortly before last Christmas at the age of 87. As a prolific writer and one of the pioneers of the New Journalism literary movement, she was dubbed “one of the most original voices in modern American literature.” She leaves behind a large canon of work varying from genre-bending fiction