Three books have just been added to many Chautauquans’ reading lists: Commonwealth, by Ann Patchett, Jane Hamilton’s The Excellent Lombards and Everybody’s Fool, by Richard
Literary Arts
Authors Ron MacLean and Neil Shepard will close out the 2016 season at the Chautauqua Writers’ Center. MacLean will serve as the prose writer-in-residence and
Nancy McCabe said when she got the invitation to teach at the Chautauqua Writers’ Center during Week Eight, she began planning for her reading, workshop
A week focused on war will bring Chautauqua veteran Brian Castner to the grounds to talk about his experiences and his new book, All the
Editor’s note: Stanley Lombardo’s presentation of Homer’s Iliad at 3:30 p.m. Thursday in the Hall of Philosophy has been canceled. The book still serves as
How do you measure the impact of war? Is it enough to count the victories and loses? Pax, by Sara Pennypacker, explores the effects of
Week Eight’s theme is “War and Its Warriors: Contemporary Voices,” which brings military veterans such as Phil Klay and David H. Petraeus to the morning
The Irish have Ulysses. The French have Les Misérables. The Russians have War and Peace and Crime and Punishment. The Spanish have Don Quixote. The
On Aug. 14, 1936, Franklin Delano Roosevelt took the Amphitheater stage to give his famous “I Hate War” speech at Chautauqua Institution. At 10:45
The penultimate week of 2016 workshops at the Chautauqua Writers’ Center will focus on nontraditional story structure and using the Bible as literary inspiration. Writers
There’s a scene from “Sex and the City” where Carrie Bradshaw’s publisher throws a big party to celebrate the release of her first book. All
Due to unforeseen circumstances, prose writer-in-residence Linda K. Wertheimer had to cancel her Week Seven visit to the Chautauqua Writers’ Center. Clara Silverstein, program director
There is a common metaphor often ascribed to people with cancer: that their disease is a battle to be fought, or an enemy to
Putting a book out into the world can be a fulfilling experience for a writer. For Cyrus M. Copeland, he felt something else with his
In the midst of the week themed “Pushing Our Bodies’ Limits,” the CLSC Young Readers will discuss a book about immortality: Tuck Everlasting, by Natalie
Many Chautauquans know the creative impulse doesn’t stop after a certain age. Poet Molly Peacock knows it, too, and she’ll explore that theme with