Literature - The Curator Magazine (Page 26)

Same Old Story

Jul 13, 2012 4 min read Literature books reading

This article originally appeared in The Curator January 9, 2009. The third or fourth time he spoke to me, my husband laughed aloud at the mild exasperation that must have shown in my

Apple Orchard’s and Hemingway’s Cottage

Jun 15, 2012 4 min read Humanity Literature

The true artist works alone, many say, and who am I to argue? Famous men from President Kennedy to Steve Wozniak spoke of this, as did Ernest Hemingway when he accepted the Nobel

Ambiance: Where Details Are Everything

Jun 8, 2012 6 min read Literature Yacoubian Building

When I told my book club – an international group of women – that the “general themes” of the book we were reading were universal, my thoughts were met with a few raised eyebrows. It

Adapting to Adaptations

Jun 8, 2012 5 min read Film & Television Literature Film Theatre

In 1909, the very first American full-length motion picture lit the screen. The film was part of that beloved and contested genre, the literary adaptation. It was the first of many film versions

Tiny Poetic Vessels

May 25, 2012 4 min read Literature poetry Tania Runyan

“That was epic!” This is what contemporary teenagers often exclaim after experiencing something impressive, whether the epic in question is a blockbuster film, a huge fantasy novel, a multi-state road trip, or a