by Bryan Waterman | Aug 28, 2013 | Books, Complete, Odds and Ends, Writing New York
Teju Cole reads from Open City and discusses urban experience at Harvard Graduate School of Design, 2012. More book club discussion from Cyrus on Friday.
by Bryan Waterman | Aug 26, 2013 | Books, Complete, Writing New York |
From its first sentence I had a hunch that Teju Cole’s Open City (2011) would have been a perfect fit for the Writing New York syllabus Cyrus and I tinkered with for almost a decade, and when we eventually take up the course again — Inshalla — I take very seriously...
by Bryan Waterman | Aug 22, 2013 | Books, Complete, Writing New York
Looking for one last, fantastic read before summer ends? This year I’ve been pitching Teju Cole’s 2011 award-winning novel Open City to anyone who’ll listen. It’s brief but still feels bursting with detailed observation, beautifully written, and as important a novel...
by Cyrus Patell | Feb 4, 2013 | Books, Events
Last week, I had the privilege of participating in “The Final Pursuit,” a panel discussion at Plymouth University celebrating the “Moby-Dick Big Read” project. My co-panelists were Peninsula Arts director Sarah Chapman; “Big Read”...
by Cyrus Patell | Jan 29, 2013 | Books, Events
And so, finally, we reach the end. When Moby-Dick was published in London by Richard Bentley on October 18, 1851 (using Melville’s original...
by Cyrus Patell | Jan 28, 2013 | Books, Events
And so we reach the climactic confrontation between Ahab and the white whale, Moby Dick. It’s a beautiful morning, which prompts Ahab to meditate on the way that feeling often overrules thinking: “What a lovely day again! Were it a new-made world, and made...
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