In her Brown Bag lecture, Hilary Plum wants to take a hard look at corporate consolidation of the publishing industry. “There’s been a big Department of Justice antitrust case, that’s trying to block the merger
Laura Limonic began her lecture with a simple declaration: “Today,” she said, “I’m going to talk about Jews.” “Specifically, Latino or Latinx Jewish immigrants in the United States,” said Limonic, an assistant professor of sociology
One of the best jobs Dawnie Walton said she ever had was working for Life.com, which was the digital rebirth of the classic American photography magazine. “I was working the celebrity beat, looking at archival
In Sean Singer’s view, poets — or anyone for that matter — would do well to take stock of the catastrophic world events that have occurred since 2016. “The topic of my Brown Bag is
This Saturday, the Miller Bell Tower will signal the beginning of another Bryant Day, ringing out for all of Chautauqua to hear. “Bryant Day marks the official opening of the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle
As a taxi driver in New York City, Sean Singer says he encountered the full range of the human experience. “It’s New York City, so anything can and does happen,” said Singer, a poet and
In his Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle lecture, Ryan Busse wants to get to the roots of radicalization in the United States. “I was inside the firearms industry for 20 years,” said Busse, an author
Rebecca Donner spent many years sequestered in her study, working on her book, All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days: The True Story of the American Woman at the Heart of the German Resistance to
Many of the short stories in Rion Amilcar Scott’s collection, The World Doesn’t Require You, took years to mature into their current form. “I had this story, ‘David Sherman, the Last Son of God,’ which
A key question John Repp wants to ask his Brown Bag lecture audience is this: How does one find the willingness, and ability, to speak praise during hard times? Repp “And especially when things are
Stephine Hunt recommended Hala Alyan’s novel The Arsonists’ City to the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle shortly before 2021’s Bryant Day ceremony. “I recommended it with the theme of home and shelter in mind, particularly
When it came time to write her award-winning short story, “Jean,” Stephanie Nina Pitsirilos wanted to try something a little different. “This story is a condensed version of one of my novels,” said Pitsirilos, a
When it comes to the Chautauqua Lecture Series theme, “More than Shelter: Redefining the American Home,” and the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle’s vertical theme for the 2022 season of “Home,” both program platforms wanted
For Todd Fleming Davis, metaphor is always a moment of transformation. “With a simile, we create distance,” said Davis, a poet, educator and the Week Seven poet-in-residence at the Chautauqua Writers’ Center. “If I say:
Todd Fleming Davis’ newest poetry collection, Coffin Honey, takes on issues of climate and collapse and climate catastrophe. “It’s a book of eco-grief, told in part through the eyes of a black bear,” said Davis,
When Rebecca Donner wrote a biography about her great-great-aunt Mildred Harnack, she had no idea the accolades it would receive. Along with many other awards, All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days: The True Story