Author Adam Hochschild last visited Chautauqua Institution in 2001, but it’s recently found its way back into his life. “I was utterly charmed by the place and learned a little bit more about its history
Note: This is the first in a series of occasional columns that examines some of this year’s Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle selections and how they fit into the broader conversation about contemporary literature. As
Journalist Dahlia Lithwick is returning to Chautauqua Institution under a different set of circumstances this year. She last visited in 2012 to discuss technology and the Supreme Court on the morning lecture platform. But times
About a dozen years ago, Peter Ho Davies was teaching at the Chautauqua Writers’ Festival during the pre-season. But now, he’s returning to accept Chautauqua’s literary prize for his novel The Fortunes. Davies will receive
Poet Marjorie Maddox is interested in how people cope during times of crisis and calm, particularly when it comes to writing. Maddox is Week Three’s poet-in-residence at the Chautauqua Writers’ Center. Her Brown Bag, “Confronting
This year’s Authors Among Us book fair will be the first under the Chautauqua Literary Arts Friends’ new president, Norma Rees. “I’m really doing it this year, whereas last year I just showed up and
Week Three at the Chautauqua Writers’ Center features two returning writers-in-residence, Marjorie Maddox and Jonathan Eig. Maddox will serve as poet-in-residence, and Eig will serve as prose writer-in-residence. Maddox The two haven’t taught at the
About 15 years ago, Ashley Mace Havird was working on a longer piece of writing that she thought would become a memoir. “Several years and drafts later, I realized that no, this is not interesting
In section 51 of his free verse masterpiece “Song of Myself,” Walt Whitman declared, “I am large, I contain multitudes.” Science writer Ed Yong takes this phrase and view of the world in his book,
David Havird wants to take Chautauquans to Greece. “I thought I’d do a two-week literary tour of Greece in half an hour,” Havird said. Havird is the poet-in-residence for Week Two at the Chautauqua Writers’
Students in Week Two’s workshops at the Chautauqua Writers’ Center will work with married couple Ashley Mace Havird and David Havird, who are teaching at Chautauqua Institution for the first time. Ashley is prose writer-in-residence,
Last Saturday morning, Cathy Nowosielski and Jeff Lutz, co-chairs of the Chautauqua Fund, welcomed volunteers in the Athenaeum Hotel Parlor to discuss the future of the Chautauqua Fund. The Rev. Robert M. Franklin Jr., director
Rejection is a part of any writer’s life, and Laura Maylene Walter believes there’s something to be learned from it. Walter is the prose writer-in-residence for Week One at the Chautauqua Writers’ Center, and she’ll
In 2007, on the day of her wedding, Jill Gerard got a husband — and a job offer. Right before she was about to marry Philip Gerard, she received a different kind of proposal from
Daniel Bergner Amid discussions of virtual reality, moonshots and the future of design and technology, Daniel Bergner’s book Sing for Your Life: A Story of Race, Music, and Family may seem like an odd choice
Chautauqua Institution is a place where different art forms come together, and Shara McCallum will be diving into that relationship with her Brown Bag, “Poetry & the Visual Arts.” McCallum is the poet-in-residence for Week