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
Literary Arts
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
In Sean Singer’s view, poets — or anyone for that matter — would do well to take stock of the catastrophic world events that have
The Friends of the Chautauqua Writers’ Center gathered last Sunday in the Hall of Philosophy for one of the group’s beloved traditions: the awarding of
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
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
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
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
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
A note from the photo editor: Bearing witness to tragedy is hard, but it is also deeply important. As the horrible events of Aug. 12
Last Friday morning, Booker Prize-winning author Salman Rushdie was flown to UPMC Hamot, in Erie, Pennsylvania, after being attacked on the Amphitheater stage, where he
The world descended onto Chautauqua Institution Friday as an act of violence sent shockwaves through the community within the gates, and across the globe, as
After floating down the stairs and offering a Daily reporter some sparkling water, author and poet Sandra Cisneros needed to do her hair. She had
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
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
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