Barbara Fitos
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When Novels Mattered www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/o...
Opinion | When Novels Mattered
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July 11, 2025 at 1:08 PM
When Novels Mattered www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/o...
Actor John Lithgow Reads 20 Lessons on Tyranny, Penned by Historian Timothy Snyder www.openculture.com/2025/04/acto...
Actor John Lithgow Reads 20 Lessons on Tyranny, Penned by Historian Timothy Snyder
In 2017, historian Timothy Snyder wrote the concise book On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century, which went on to become a New York Times bestseller. A historian of fascism (then at Yal...
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April 11, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Actor John Lithgow Reads 20 Lessons on Tyranny, Penned by Historian Timothy Snyder www.openculture.com/2025/04/acto...
“The attack on Columbia is a radical threat to scholarly excellence and to America’s leadership in research,” writes Princeton president Christopher L. Eisgruber. “Universities and their leaders should speak up and litigate forcefully”:
March 28, 2025 at 11:28 AM
“The attack on Columbia is a radical threat to scholarly excellence and to America’s leadership in research,” writes Princeton president Christopher L. Eisgruber. “Universities and their leaders should speak up and litigate forcefully”:
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Stories by Harper Lee to Appear for the First Time in a New Collection (Gift Article)
Before she published “To Kill a Mockingbird,” Lee had written short stories in which she explored some of its themes and characters.
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March 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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"Trump and Vance have revealed to Americans and to America's allies their alignment with Russia, and their animosity toward Ukraine in general and its president in particular," writes @DavidFrum. "The truth is ugly, but it's necessary to face it."
March 1, 2025 at 3:27 AM
"Trump and Vance have revealed to Americans and to America's allies their alignment with Russia, and their animosity toward Ukraine in general and its president in particular," writes @DavidFrum. "The truth is ugly, but it's necessary to face it."
When William Faulkner Set the World Record for Writing the Longest Sentence in Literature: Read the 1,288-Word Sentence from Absalom, Absalom! www.openculture.com/2025/02/when...
When William Faulkner Set the World Record for Writing the Longest Sentence in Literature: Read the 1,288-Word Sentence from Absalom, Absalom!
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“How did Faulkner pull it off?” is a question many a fledgling writer has asked themselves while struggling through a period of apprenticeship like tha...
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February 28, 2025 at 12:41 PM
When William Faulkner Set the World Record for Writing the Longest Sentence in Literature: Read the 1,288-Word Sentence from Absalom, Absalom! www.openculture.com/2025/02/when...
Trump’s ‘Gulf of America’ debacle is no joke – this is how authoritarians get started
February 26, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Trump’s ‘Gulf of America’ debacle is no joke – this is how authoritarians get started
Thank you Louise Penny…courage of convictions…cancelled the launch event of The Black Wolf at the Kennedy Center due to Mr. trump’s “orchestrated coup”…
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Canadian artists on cancelling gigs at the Kennedy Center
YouTube video by Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud
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February 24, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Thank you Louise Penny…courage of convictions…cancelled the launch event of The Black Wolf at the Kennedy Center due to Mr. trump’s “orchestrated coup”…
youtu.be/P_9X4jnj-AQ
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Currently being shared widely! Do likewise!
February 16, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Currently being shared widely! Do likewise!
So vital right now...when many of us simply can no longer watch the news...yet each of us in our own way and in our own communities must press on...we may not have the opportunity or the courage of a Bishop Budde, but nonetheless...post courtesy of the Heather Cox Richardson Book Club...
January 23, 2025 at 7:20 PM
So vital right now...when many of us simply can no longer watch the news...yet each of us in our own way and in our own communities must press on...we may not have the opportunity or the courage of a Bishop Budde, but nonetheless...post courtesy of the Heather Cox Richardson Book Club...
A memory from three years ago...most appropriate now as well!
January 23, 2025 at 7:01 PM
A memory from three years ago...most appropriate now as well!
Have made the decision as have many others to join Blue Sky...and so appropriate to have this 1st post on January 20th...
and to share this courtesy of my dear friend Carol...
and to share this courtesy of my dear friend Carol...
January 21, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Have made the decision as have many others to join Blue Sky...and so appropriate to have this 1st post on January 20th...
and to share this courtesy of my dear friend Carol...
and to share this courtesy of my dear friend Carol...