Posted inLiterature

Kurt Vonnegut’s *Breakfast of Champions*: A Farewell to Sanity and Conventions – Revisit Kilgore Trout and Explore Vonnegut’s Fragmented and Illustrated Novel That Deconstructs American Culture, Race, and Free Will with His Signature Dark Humor and Satire.

Kurt Vonnegut's Breakfast of Champions: A Farewell to Sanity and Conventions – Revisit Kilgore Trout and Explore Vonnegut's Fragmented and Illustrated Novel That Deconstructs American Culture, Race, and Free Will…
Posted inLiterature

Joseph Heller’s *Something Happened*: The Crushing Weight of Corporate Life – Enter the Mind of Bob Slocum, a Man Drowning in Existential Angst and the Mundanity of Corporate Existence, Questioning Meaning, Family, and the Pressures of Modern Life.

Joseph Heller's Something Happened: The Crushing Weight of Corporate Life – Enter the Mind of Bob Slocum, a Man Drowning in Existential Angst and the Mundanity of Corporate Existence, Questioning…
Posted inLiterature

Ray Bradbury’s *The Martian Chronicles*: Humanity’s Attempt to Colonize Mars – Explore a Series of Interconnected Stories About Humans Migrating to and Attempting to Settle on Mars, Reflecting on American Expansionism, Environmentalism, and the Human Desire for New Beginnings.

Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles: Humanity's Attempt to Colonize Mars – A Lecture on American Expansionism, Environmentalism, and the Human Desire for New Beginnings 🚀 (Professor enters the stage, adjusts…
Posted inLiterature

Aldous Huxley’s *Island*: A Utopian Experiment – Journey to a Remote Island Society That Has Created a Harmonious and Enlightened Utopia, Exploring Philosophical Ideas About Psychology, Society, and the Pursuit of Happiness, a Counterpoint to *Brave New World*.

Aldous Huxley's Island: A Utopian Experiment – Journey to a Remote Island Society That Has Created a Harmonious and Enlightened Utopia, Exploring Philosophical Ideas About Psychology, Society, and the Pursuit…
Posted inLiterature

William Golding’s *The Inheritors*: Seeing Through Neanderthal Eyes – Experience the World Through the Perspective of the Last Surviving Neanderthals as They Encounter Early *Homo sapiens*, Exploring Themes of Evolution, Survival, and the Loss of a Way of Life.

William Golding's The Inheritors: Seeing Through Neanderthal Eyes – Experience the World Through the Perspective of the Last Surviving Neanderthals as They Encounter Early Homo sapiens, Exploring Themes of Evolution,…
Posted inLiterature

Edgar Allan Poe’s *The Complete Tales and Poems*: Darkness, Mystery, and Genius – Immerse Yourself in the Full Body of Poe’s Work, Experiencing the Gothic Horror, Detective Stories, and Haunting Poetry That Defined His Unique and Enduring Influence.

Edgar Allan Poe's The Complete Tales and Poems: Darkness, Mystery, and Genius – Immerse Yourself in the Full Body of Poe's Work, Experiencing the Gothic Horror, Detective Stories, and Haunting…
Posted inLiterature

Anton Chekhov’s *Selected Stories*: Encounters with Ordinary Lives – Read a Selection of Chekhov’s Most Famous Short Stories, Capturing the Nuance, Humor, and Melancholy of Late 19th Century Russian Life and the Universalities of Human Experience.

Anton Chekhov's Selected Stories: Encounters with Ordinary Lives - A Lecture (🔔 Class is now in session! Please silence your samovars and settle in. 🔔) Welcome, esteemed scholars of sadness…