by Christopher Volpe | Jan 15, 2014 | The Public Humanist
“Out of the bosom of the Air,/Out of the cloud-folds of garments shaken,/Over the woodlands brown and bare,/Over the harvest-fields forsaken,/Silent, and, soft, and slow/ Descends the snow.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1902) As...
by Brian Glyn Williams | Jan 31, 2014 | The Public Humanist
As a Bostonian who was watching the race on April 15th 2013 that was marred by the senseless act of terrorism carried out by two Chechen-Dagestani-Americans which killed three people, I had a sickening sense of de ja vu as I watched recent media reports of as many as...
by Hayley Wood | Feb 10, 2014 | The Public Humanist
Epiphany, or King’s Day passed on January 6, and Lent will commence on Ash Wednesday, March 5—that’s the day after Fat Tuesday—the festival’s climax, the last day for gluttony and excess before one gives up something “of the...
by Wendy Lement | Feb 18, 2014 | The Public Humanist
As a writer of historical plays, I collect articles, books, and primary source documents. Some materials are used immediately; others will never see the light of day. Occasionally, these resources resurface years later. Such was the case with a thin book I purchased...
by Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez | Feb 27, 2014 | The Public Humanist
In my classes this spring at Bard College at Simon’s Rock, I have been exploring the fruitful overlap between the humanities and environmental studies. Specifically, in a class entitled “Women Write the World,” we are reading a series of literary...
