Content tagged "literature"
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Podcast: Helen Elaine Lee, “Pomegranate”
Helen Elaine Lee reads from the manuscript of her novel, Pomegranate, about a recovering addict who is getting out of prison and trying to stay clean, regain custody of her children, and choose life.
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Podcast: Nick Montfort, “Poet/Programmers, Artist/Programmers, and Scholar/Programmers: What and Who Are They?”
Nick Montfort is Professor of Digital Media at Comparative Media Studies/Writing. He develops computational poetry and art and has participated in dozens of literary and academic collaborations.
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IAP 2017: CantoVerso Workshop, Reading, and Book Launch
A digital literature workshop, reading, and book launch in English and Spanish
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Junot Díaz receives Hispanic Heritage Award for Literature
Ceremony to be broadcast on PBS on September 30, and Díaz will share the stage with other winners, including Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
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The Spooky Science of the Southern Reach: An Evening with Jeff VanderMeer
Jeff VanderMeer will discuss his role as one of the leading practitioners of “weird fiction,” the environmental and ecological concerns that inform his work, and his massive crossover success.
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Video, podcast, and summary: “Coming of Age in Dystopia: The Darkness of Young Adult Fiction”
Why are brutal dystopias, devastating apocalyptic visions, and tales of personal trauma such a staple of young adult fiction? Hear from Kristin Cashore, author of the award-winning Graceling Realm trilogy, and the University of Florida’s Kenneth Kidd.
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Coming of Age in Dystopia: The Darkness of Young Adult Fiction
Kristin Cashore and Kenneth Kidd on why dystopias, devastating apocalyptic visions, and tales of personal trauma are such a staple of young adult literature.
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Video, podcast, and summary: “Ultimate Truths: Comparing Science and the Humanities”
James Carroll, Rebecca Goldstein, Alan Lightman, and Robert Weinberg talk with Seth Mnookin on “the differences and similarities in the kinds of knowledge available through inquiry in the sciences and humanities.”
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Video, podcast, and summary: Science in Fiction
A Communications Forum featuring authors Hanya Yanagihara and Alan Lightman and moderator Seth Mnookin.
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Toni Morrison and Junot Díaz
Faculty member Díaz interviews his “most sustained love”.
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CMS Subjects: Current Schedule and Full List
Subjects, schedules, and requirements for the Comparative Media Studies undergraduate and graduate programs.
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Co-authors will discuss the nature of their collaboration facilitated by structured conversations and writing done online and in person.
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Galerie de Difformité: The Book as Body, The Body as Book
Gretchen E. Henderson, author of Galerie de Difformité, is a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow at MIT who writes across genres and the arts to invigorate her critical and creative practices.
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Podcast: D.T. Max, “Angels of Death: David Foster Wallace and the Battle Against Irony, Letterman and Leyner?”
D.T. Max, staff writer at the New Yorker, looks at David Foster Wallace and irony, with an eye especially on his 1990’s attacks on David Letterman.
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Angels of Death: David Foster Wallace and the Battle against Irony, Letterman and Leyner?
D.T. Max, staff writer at the New Yorker, looks at David Foster Wallace and irony, with an eye especially on his 1990’s attacks on David Letterman and the novelist Mark Leyner.
