In a week focused on food, Fr. Greg Boyle, S.J. closed out the 2017 Interfaith Lecture Series on Friday in the Hall of Philosophy with a discussion of physical and spiritual nourishment. Boyle, the founder
This is my fourth summer covering the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle for The Chautauquan Daily. Each summer I’ve been here, I’ve asked all the authors I talk to over the course of the season
The Alumni Association of the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle has a few updated ways for its members to stay connected during the off-season. One of the biggest changes for the organization was the revamping
With the retirement of Sherra Babcock, vice president and Emily and Richard Smucker Chair for Education, President Michael E. Hill realized he had a major vacancy to fill. Hill said he knew when he started
When authors are asked to give craft talks on creative writing, they tend to focus on the “writing” half of the equation. Sherrie Flick wants to think about the other side. “Sometimes becoming a better
Ann Patchett and Jane Hamilton have put their heads together and figured out exactly why they’ve been invited to Chautauqua. Patchett’s book, Commonwealth, begins with a christening party that gets a little out of hand,
Jane Hamilton’s The Excellent Lombards and Ann Patchett’s Commonwealth both begin with mundane events that quickly take on biblical proportions. The Excellent Lombards opens with a storm — “roiling sky, pure wrath above” — descending
Winners of Chautauqua’s annual Literary Arts Contests were revealed on Sunday on the porch of the Literary Arts Center at Alumni Hall. The event, which is sponsored by the Chautauqua Literary Arts Friends, is one
Michael Ruhlman, author of more than 20 books about food, once wanted to be known for something else. “After I became sort of successful at it, I wanted to distance myself from it — I
David Shumate wants to introduce people to the magical and mundane pleasures that prose poetry can offer. “It recognizes and often combines what is often thought to be the ‘ordinary,’ but it elevates it —
On Saturday, a new year and a new era for the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle began. This year’s Bryant Day ceremony drew a crowd of about 50 gathered by the Miller Bell Tower. Bryant
For the literary-minded at Chautauqua, the new year begins on Bryant Day. “Bryant Day needs to be explained to new Chautauquans,” Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle Director Nately Ronsheim said in 1975. What followed, according
Authors David Shumate and Sherrie Flick will wrap up the 2017 season at the Chautauqua Writers’ Center. It’s a summer that’s seen 19 other poets, prose writers and literary agents lead workshops and special sessions
Writer Roy Hoffman wants to introduce the audience at his Brown Bag lecture to a family member. “With the theme this week, I wanted to offer an overview of traditional journalism’s colorful sibling, creative nonfiction,”
Journalist Dan Barry has been wandering the United States for years. It’s a job requirement, in a way. For his column “This Land” in The New York Times, Barry travels around the country to explore
Laura Kasischke is obsessed with images. Her workshop at the Chautauqua Writers’ Center this week is titled “Revisiting the Image,” and she and her students are thinking about the ways in which poetry is a