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William Ashmead notes on the lectures of Joseph Parrish

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Smithsonian Magazine

A New Book of Toni Morrison’s University Lectures, Now Collected for the First Time, Shares Some of the Legendary Novelist’s Most Important Lessons

Before her career as a novelist, Toni Morrison was a teacher. The famed American author, best known for works such as Beloved and Song of Solomon, was born in Lorain, Ohio, in 1931. After attending ...
The Atlantic

The Lecture I Couldn’t Give

Last May, I gave a lecture at the Air War College, the Air Force’s senior service school for officers. I have taught at West Point and spoken at several other senior service schools. At the Air War ...
Variety

Peter Thiel Sparks Vatican Ire With Antichrist Lectures in Rome

The tech billionaire and co-founder of PayPal and Palantir has been holding Antichrist talks in Rome's Renaissance-era Palazzo Orsini Taverna that are rubbing the Vatican the wrong way Last year, ...