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Dubus Debuts @ #13 on NYTimes Best Seller List
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
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Self & Society: Uncle Dave Finds a Rat Behind the Baseboard
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 »Get Ready for the Lunchtime Lectures: Spring Programs
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 »Trouble with Proposed History Museum in France
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 »Manager Lynch’s Reality Check on Library Upset
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 »This is Interesting: Uncle Dave on ‘The New Humanism’
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 Meehan in Merrimack Valley Magazine
March 7, 2011
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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.
Read More »‘America Is Not Broke’: Michael Moore in Madison, Wisconsin
Thanks to Nomi Herbstman for posting on Facebook the link to Michael Moore’s speech to the protestors in Madison, Wis. Read it here from readersupportednews.org
Read More »Lively Debate in Haverhill Sparked by Dubus’ Memoir
The Eagle Tribune’s Haverhill coverage today includes a lively debate about the potential impact of author Andre Dubus III’s memoir “Townie” on the image of the city. Mayor James Fiorentini took exception to initial media coverage of Andre’s book with references to the rough side of life in the Haverhill of the…
Read More »from ‘March’ by Lucy Larcom
Setting aside her poems about war, slavery, work, and spirituality for this morning, here’s an except from one of Lucy Larcom’s many poems about the environment. This poem is from “The Poetical Works of Lucy Larcom, Household Edition” (Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, & Co., 1885). About her poems, her friend John…
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