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I found an interesting article on an upcoming paper about Alexander the Great and the possible cause for his erratic behavior: CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy), the same problem many American football players experience after multiple concussions. [Note: link has been updated to go to the published Athens Journal of History article.] A quote from the […]
The third live session hosted by Universidad Francisco Marroquín’s MOOC on Don Quijote. It felt like this was going over previous territory, but that was fine by me. One of my questions had to do with film versions of the novel, especially since I had recently read something that Terry Gilliam might be attempting to […]
When I posted about Win Riley’s documentary on Walker Percy, my brief comments in this post noted my disappointment there wasn’t more from the episode on Firing Line that had Eudora Welty and Walker Percy (although I understood the legal issues). At the time, though, you could find the transcript of the episode online and […]
I’m really enjoying the Universidad Francisco Marroquín’s MOOC on Don Quijote and wanted to share the second live session that was held this past Thursday (18 Feb 2016). The session covered questions from Chapters 15 through 28 in Part I. I was fortunate to get a few questions in on the call…enjoy! Live Session 2 […]
Since I love seeing books used in shows and movies, I thought I’d share a few screenshots from 1957’s movie The Enemy Below. The story follows a cat-and-mouse game between an American destroyer and a German U-Boat during World War II (and is currently available on Netflix). The following screenshots take place about an hour […]
Don Quixote has long been one of my favorite novels. While I have seen several online open courses covering the novel, I’ve never participated in one until now. I **highly** recommend exploring (or re-reading) the novel along with the course from instructor Eric C. Graf and through the Universidad Francisco Marroquín. I’ve just finished the […]
…and bid them that they shall make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue: and it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the Lord, […]
I know this is last minute, but I wanted to mention The Reading Odyssey’s Livy Discussion Group. The first meeting is Tuesday evening at 8pm EDT. More information can be found on this page. The focus of the group will be Books 21 – 30, Livy’s coverage of the Second Punic War and Hannibal’s invasion […]
Loch, J. N. K. (1968). A fringe of blue: An autobiography. New York: Morrow. Related posts A Fringe of Blue: A Fringe of Blue 1918 – 23 I’m hoping this marks the end of the blog’s hiatus. Things have been… challenging. But I’ve really missed posting here and being part of the online book community. […]
Four years ago, Amateur Reader hosted an Anything Ubu readalong, focusing on Alfred Jarry’s plays. I just discovered that the UK theatre company Cheek by Jowl will be livestreaming a performance of Ubu Roi Sunday, 11am PDT. Click here to watch the performance. There’s a handy countdown clock so you know exactly when it will […]