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Read the NYTimes report on last night’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame annual induction ceremony. The class of 2011 is an eclectic bunch and the presenters and performers on the program made it even more so. When you read about these events or watch them on TV, you plug…
Read More »Tom Wolfe titled one of his books “A Man in Full,” and the word “full” came to me when I tried to think of a word to describe the story that Andre Dubus III tells us in his fiercely honest new memoir “Townie.” He grew up between two worlds, the…
Read More »Jack Kerouac was born on March 12, 1922; jazz man Charlie Parker died one March 12th. From the Barnes and Noble people, here is a literary comment on author Jack Kerouac and jazz man Charlie Parker. Thanks to Alan Crane on Facebook for the link. For the schedule of Kerouac…
Read More »13 TOWNIE, by Andre Dubus. (Norton, $25.95.) In this memoir, Dubus explores his attachment to violence and his relationship with his famous father. 1
Read More »David Brooks in today’s NYTimes wonders out loud if the contemporary American behavioral trend of heightened self-approval may be weakening the national civic culture. He often asks such “community” questions as he tries to puzzle out the workings of our democratic-republic system. He makes a comment on the connection to toxic partisanship in…
Read More »Prof. Margaret Knight, UMass Lowell The hugely successful Lunchtime Lectures series at the UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center resumes on Monday, March 28, at 12 noon, with Prof. Margaret Knight of the UMass Lowell Dept. of Nursing taking a close look at “Diversity in Health Care Professions,” an important topic…
Read More »Who says most people don’t care about History? In France, there’s a public argument going on about President Sarkozy’s proposal to create a new museum about his nation’s history. The crux of the debate seems to be a struggle over the story line. Read about it in the NYTimes here,…
Read More »City Manager Bernie Lynch weighed in at Gerry Nutter’s place on the news about disruptive and worse behavior by some members of the public in the Pollard Memorial Library. The Library is like an indoor common, open to all, which means the world walks in the door, sometimes acting in ways that…
Read More »Columnist David Brooks of the NYTimes today puts on his social psychology hat and a couple of other disciplinary caps to make an opening argument for something that he calls “The New Humanism.” He wants us to start thinking and acting differently in order to make better decisions for ourselves and…
Read More »UMass Lowell Chancellor Marty Meehan is featured in the new issue of Merrimack Valley Magazine. Read the article by Kathleen Pierce here, and subscribe to the MVM if you want to read more articles like this. The photographs are by Kevin Harkins.
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