City
Autumn Leaves Used Books: The Literary Sanctuary of Ithaca
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Autumn Leaves Used Books, recently acquired by independent radical publishing house PM Press, offers diverse, rare books to the Ithaca community.
Columns
SWASING | The Novelty of Reading for Pleasure
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When I’m asked about my hobbies, I often respond that I enjoy reading (which is true, for the record). Then when the inevitable question, “What’s the last good book you read?” follows, my mind goes blank; the titles of every book I’ve ever read disappear into thin air. It disappoints me that the last time I had time to read a good book was so long ago that I can’t even remember what book it was. My pile of “to be read” books grows larger by the day, while my “finished reading” list remains stagnant.
Reading for pleasure while in college is a topic that has been discussed again, and again and again by Sun columnists. As students pursuing a vast array of academically intense interests, many of us find that we spend so much time on reading assignments and other mentally taxing work that by the time we get a chance to relax, reading for fun sounds like a hill we can’t even begin to climb. Instead, we opt for a mind-numbing Netflix show that we can watch passively while we disengage our brains and scroll through social media.
Annie ernaux
Annie Ernaux’s Nobel Shows Women’s Stories Matter Too
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While deeply rooted in a specific French context, Ernaux’s work also touches on many universal themes — from class and upward mobility to family and first love.
Arts & Culture
PONTIN | Whodunit?
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Our suspects are nearly always heightened, hyperbolic variations on what we would consider to be “normal people,” a far cry from what we recognize in our own social circles and in ourselves. They are distant royalty, accomplished and esteemed academics, famed members of the one percent. It is not long, however, before an ironic relationship begins to reveal itself. Even amidst a churning sea of captivating individuals, the detective somehow always emerges as the most intriguing.
News
English Faculty Vote to Change Name to ‘Department of Literatures in English’
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After planning this summer, a new name has been proposed for the English department–– an initiative led by Prof. Carole Boyce-Davies and Prof. Mukoma Wa Ngugi.
Arts & Culture
YANDAVA | 2020’s Pulitzer Prizes Give Black Writers Their Due
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These awards have the power to help us reevaluate how we think about race in relation to literature, and can broaden the inclusiveness of ceremonies often seen as inaccessible or pretentious.
Arts & Culture
Ode to ‘Artemis Fowl’
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The film can, should and will be judged on its merits come its May 29th release date — not all is irredeemable.
Culler
Renowned English Prof. Jonathan Culler to Retire After More Than 50 Years
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Since coming to Cornell, Culler has written and edited a total of 16 books; over 200 articles, essays, and translations. He has also been awarded multiple fellowships and was elected a fellow at renowned humanities research institutes such as the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. One of this books, “Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction”, has been translated into 27 languages worldwide.
toni morrison
Peers, Students of Toni Morrison M.A. ’55 Reflect on Her Legacy
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Morrison was the first African American woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. She is renowned as a prolific fiction writer, literary critic and theorist. Her most famous works include Pulitzer Prize winning Beloved, The Bluest Eye and Song of Solomon.
News
Author Offers New Perspective on Role of Muslim Women in African Society
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Author Ousseina Alidou has written several books on women in the Sahelian region of Africa and their political and intellectual contributions to their culture.