The Winsome Scholar

Let me not burst in ignorance!

Our foray into Hamlet has begun. Here is the plan for this work: We’ll watch 2-3 scenes per day, pausing when necessary for immediate clarification. As you watch, follow along with the text in your books or on the screen, recording questions, reactions, insights, and connections. Each night you should read back over the scenes, [...]

The best lack all conviction, while the worst

Are full of passionate intensity.1 So. Okonkwo’s story is reduced to a “reasonable paragraph.” It is a tough story, but perhaps a few questions remain: In what way did Okonkwo (by the standards of his society, by his own standards, by the standards of the colonizers) bring about his own fall? In what way was [...]

Jonathan Safran Foer Materials

Some quick information for those interested in listening to Foer’s talk at 1:30 tomorrow. If you have not yet discussed this with your fifth hour teacher, I recommend writing an apologetic note asking for any material you may miss. It is up to your teacher whether you may attend. As this is short notice, it [...]

Summer’s over

Dear knitters, Well, we met last week and a few of the people that had come throughout the summer had shown up and we just talked about what our plan for the year was. It was very nice of them to keep pushing through and we congratulate them. Hopefully it won’t be too difficult to [...]

Video games can never be art – Roger Eberts Journal

Read. Annotate. Video games can never be art – Roger Eberts Journal.