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Week 7’s 2nd CLSC pick, Hala Alyan’s ‘Arsonists’ City’ navigates meanings of home, shelter

by Chris Clements on August 10, 2022

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 with the theme of home and shelter in mind, particularly

Pulitzer winner Matthew Desmond to discuss CLSC selection ‘Evicted’

by Chris Clements on August 8, 2022

When it comes to the Chautauqua Lecture Series theme, “More than Shelter: Redefining the American Home,” and the Chautauqua Literary

Maggie Shipstead to present ‘Great Circle’ in CLSC lecture

by Chris Clements on August 3, 2022

Writing her novel Great Circle was a six-and-a-half year process for Maggie Shipstead — but she didn’t intend for it

For Week 3 CLSC, Erica Chenoweth to discuss importance, impacts of civil resistance

by Chris Clements on July 13, 2022

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For Stephine Hunt, part of what makes good writing exceptional is its structure. It isn’t flimsy or hard to follow;

Prose writer-in-residence Apricot Irving to speak about point of view, memoir in Brown Bag

by Chris Clements on July 7, 2022

Apricot Irving’s Brown Bag lecture will focus on two things: point of view and memoir. “Typically, most writers reach for

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For CLSC, Robin Wall Kimmerer to share beloved ‘Braiding Sweetgrass’

by Chris Clements on July 6, 2022

As one of the people who recommended Robin Wall Kimmerer’s 2013 nonfiction book Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teaching of Plants for the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle, Stephine Hunt feels its

Writer-in-residence Jimin Han to share stories of healing in Brown Bag

by Chris Clements on June 30, 2022

In her forthcoming novel, The Apology, Jimin Han put herself in the story even though she’s not the main character.

‘Let them not say’: Week 1 CLSC author Jane Jane Hirshfield to discuss new volume of poetry tying to theme

by Chris Clements on June 29, 2022

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In Sony Ton-Aime’s estimation, the most essential tools a poet can have in their toolbox are empathy and a deep

Opera’s Evening of Song to feature Mary Prescott premiere, dovetail with CLSC poetry pick

by Megan Brown on June 29, 2022

The Athenaeum Hotel was built in the 19th century, the same period in which art songs sprouted to popularity —

Bryant Day rings in 2022 reading year with announcement of 2 CLSC books

by Sarah Vest on August 27, 2021

SARAH VEST - STAFF WRITER Sony Ton-Aime, the Michael I. Rudell Director of Literary Arts, displays the newly announced selectionsof

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For CLSC, Goldbach to discuss memoir of steelworkers, grit

by Sarah Vest on August 26, 2021

SARAH VEST - STAFF WRITER Goldbach “Steel is the only thing that shines in the belly of the mill,” writes Eliese Colette Goldbach in her memoir, Rust: A Memoir of Steel and Grit, that was

‘What it means to disappear’: CLSC author Harper to talk counternarratives for people with dementia, Alzheimer’s

by Sarah Vest on August 19, 2021

SARAH VEST - STAFF WRITER Harper There are two kinds of death: That of the body and that of the

Wes Moore to give virtual AAHH talk on empathy in ‘return’ to Chautauqua

by Sara Toth on August 6, 2021

SARA TOTH - EDITOR Moore Wes Moore is no stranger to Chautauqua. He first spoke as part of the Institution’s

CLSC author Cha discusses ‘Your House Will Pay’ in on-demand presentation

by Sarah Vest on August 5, 2021

Cha SARAH VEST - STAFF WRITER Empathy is a word that can evoke images of heartfelt hugs and warm and fuzzy

With Recognition Day, CLSC Class of 2021 to be celebrated with hybrid in-person, digital events

by Sarah Vest on August 4, 2021

SARAH VEST - STAFF WRITER Cole Piper welcomes members of Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle’s Class of 2019 at the

‘NYT’ bestseller Fredrik Backman brings humor of ‘Anxious People’ to CLSC presentation

by Sarah Vest on July 29, 2021

SARAH VEST - STAFF WRITER Backman There are many ways to explore the nature of humanity. Fredrik Backman — Week Five’s Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle author — chooses to look at it through the

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