Category Archives: Literature

Student Profile Series: Spoon River Anthology Directed by Jimmy Maize

CUarts caught up with MFA Directing student Jimmy Maize to ask him some questions about his upcoming production, which will feature 100 actors. Yep, you read that right. Arts Initiative: Tell us a bit about yourself and what brought you … Continue reading

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Princes and Painters in Mughal Dehli – Now at Asia Society

Perhaps the most surreal aspect of immersing oneself into the art and culture of a long-forgotten empire, while residing in New York City in 2012, is the thought that one day, people will look back on our society much the … Continue reading

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An Evening of Sex with the Shakespeare Society

The expense of spirit in a waste of shame Is lust in action; and till action, lust Is perjured, murderous, bloody, full of blame, Savage, extreme, rude, cruel, not to trust, Enjoy’d no sooner but despised straight, Past reason hunted, … Continue reading

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Surgam and Spring – How They Literally Fit Together

“But what on earth is the Philolexian Society??”That’s a good question, and I hear it a lot. “Columbia’s undergraduate literary and debate society” is probably the best answer (“Victor Hugo’s Court of Miracles given a bath and a shave” is another).The debate … Continue reading

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Literary Death Match – Blood will FLOW!

Since 2006, Opium Magazine’s Literary Death Match has been pitting writer against writer in bloody showdowns across the globe. From Beijing to Chicago, audiences have been bespattered by writerly verbiage and tickled by the critiques of iron fisted judges. On … Continue reading

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Write Right: Revolutions in Publishing

Being a writer has never been an easy career choice, but these days, it is harder than ever. Publishers are only interested in material guaranteed to sell, popular novelsists make peanuts compared to media moguls in television and film, and … Continue reading

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TEDxBrooklyn

TED, the non-profit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading, has seeded another project in the heartland of creative thinkers: Brooklyn, NY. Welcome TEDxBrooklyn 2010. TEDxBrooklyn is a local, self-organized off-shoot of big TED, where x = independently organized TED event. This … Continue reading

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CONCRETE UTOPIA : A Call on Manifestos

Recent Barnard graduates Melanie Kress (’09) and Rosie duPont (’10) will be opening a new project space, CONCRETE UTOPIA, in Williamsburg on October 15th. For its inaugural project, CONCRETE UTOPIA,  is issuing a call for manifestos for its project CALL ON MANIFESTOS. … Continue reading

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Historical New York: The Book of Negroes and the African Burial Ground National Monument

It is not uncommon for me to acquire a book, either on my own or as a gift, and then wait years before I finally read it. I love books as objects, and I’m happy just to have them around, … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!

Theodor Geisel, aka Dr. Seuss, would have been 106 years old today. In honor of that inimitably whimsical wordsmith, check out The Sneetches below. A brilliant example of Seussian social commentary, complete with strange creatures and, of course, rhyme. ***** … Continue reading

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