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
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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
Week Seven at the Chautauqua Writers’ Center will offer a workshop on writing about religion and a master class on sonnets. Authors Linda K. Wertheimer
The CLSC is so much bigger than me. I recognize that fact nearly every minute of every hour that I work at The Chautauquan Daily.
Tish Powers smiles as she reaches the top step leading into the Hall of Philosophy during the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle Recognition Ceremony at
Writer Leslie Daniels has had a convoluted career path: she’s been an actor, an improv comedian, a literary agent and a fiction editor, among other
The phrase “the American West” can conjure up a lot of hackneyed imagery: cowboys with guns blazing, covered wagons, harlots hanging out in seedy saloons.