𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑾𝒂𝒚𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔: 𝑨𝒏 𝐔𝐧𝐰𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝑰𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕 𝑲𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝑷𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒓 -

Here is the full interview from the September book launch of 𝘜𝘯𝘸𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘯. We explore how poets think about structure, about variations and manipulating meaning, about the writing process, about private poets in public spaces, and much more!

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Tomorrow, we will host the last event with Yuri Slezkine, IHC Invited Scholar: a debate on the cults of national poets and the fall of Westen Canon. It will take place at the Berna premises of the NOVA School of Social Sciences and Humanities.

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Scriptures, Classics, and Canons: A Comparative Perspective | IHC

A debate on the cults of national poets and the fall  of Westen Canon, with the participation of IHC Visiting Scholar Yuri Slezkine.

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What’s So Great About Great-Books Courses?

The humanities are in danger, but humanists can’t agree on how—or why—they should be saved. Louis Menand on Roosevelt Montás’s “Rescuing Socrates: How the Great Books Changed My Life and Why They Matter for a New Generation” and Arnold Weinstein’s “The Lives of Literature: Reading, Teaching, Knowing.”

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"The Myth Of The Classically Educated Elite", Los Angeles Review Of Books (https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-myth-of-the-classically-educated-elite/).

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Why read classic books? – Literary Forge

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