Discovering the Narnia Code
Michael Ward, author of Planet Narnia, on discovering the Narnia Code.
Drawing the Wind: L’Shana Tova 5769
Long ago, on the Spanish island of Majorca, a young boy spent most of each day at the shore, sketching the ships that sailed into the harbor. Solomon was a wonderful artist, everyone agreed. His drawings seemed so real that people wondered if the waves were as wet as they seemed-or the sun as hot.
Big Answers With A Big Bang
Frank Close explains the importance of the Large Hadron Collider to us.
“From the North So Dear To Southern Climes”
Anatoly looks at north and south.
The Battle of Hadrianople
Peter Heather, a leading authority on the late Roman Empire and on the barbarians, looks at the Battle of Hadrianople.
The Future of the Brain: An Excerpt
An excerpt from the book, The Future of the Brain.
National Poetry Month: Reflection
David Acevedo, one of the Buffalo poets, presents another one of his poems for National Poetry Month. By David Acevedo
Women and literature: the dual tradition of African American fiction
The prevailing wisdom of most African Americanists, is that due to the distinctive history and acculturation of Africans in the British colonies in North America, African-American literature is most meaningfully assessed in the context of multiple geographical, oral, and literary heritages.
Octavia Butler
Butler, Octavia (b. 22 June 1947 – d. 24 February 2006), science-fiction author. Butler was one of the most thoughtful and imaginative authors of her time. One of the few black writers in the science-fiction field, she took full advantage of the speculative freedom that the genre allows writers to explore her interest in sociology, […]