Selling the Humanities During Economic Crisis

One idea that elite universities like Yale, sprawling public systems like Wisconsin and smaller private colleges like Lewis and Clark have shared for generations is that a traditional liberal arts education is, by definition, not intended to prepare students for a specific vocati�…

Jonathan Franzen: Screen idol - Telegraph.co.uk

Telegraph.co.uk

Jonathan Franzen: Screen idol Telegraph.co.uk Sorry: back to not engaging with the culture. I realised that I had this kind of dumb idea about what fiction could do and should do. I thought I was writing novels that would enlighten people. I mean, I was doing other things, I was trying to ...

Cultural Highs And Lows For Iran - Voice of America

Cultural Highs And Lows For Iran Voice of America The Iranian domestic drama, “A Separation,” has won the prestigious Golden Globe award from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for best foreign language film. Written and directed by Asghar Farhadi, “A Separation” is now in contention for two ... and more »

Jacqueline Rose: a life in writing - The Guardian

The Guardian

Jacqueline Rose: a life in writing The Guardian "I thought 'This is ridiculous – she'd have woken up by now!' I had my feminist reaction – which is not my most obvious default position – which is just let the woman speak." So Rose decided to awaken Proust's lover from her implausible slumber.

The Difference Between Online Knowledge and Truly Open Knowledge - The Atlantic

The Atlantic

The Difference Between Online Knowledge and Truly Open Knowledge The Atlantic By CW Anderson Liberation from the bounds of books and libraries doesn't mean freedom from the constraints of corporate power and culture. A response to David Weinberger's Too Big to Know. In Too Big To Know: Rethinking Knowledge Now that the Facts ... and more »