Flâneuse: Women Walk the City | Reading Intersections

Start Here: Lauren Elkin. Flâneuse: Women Walk the City in Paris, New York, Tokyo, Venice, and London. 2017. “The flâneur is the quintessentially masculine figure of privilege and leisure who strides the capitals of the world with abandon. But it is the flâneuse who captures the imagination of the cultural critic Lauren Elkin. In her…

Happy 75th, Curious George | Reading Intersections

H.A. and Marget Rey’s contribution to children’s literature is unarguably huge, with the appeal of Curious George showing no signs of diminishing, well, ever. The insatiably curious monkey, along with the Man With the Yellow Hat, Pretzel, and other familiar faces have won a lasting place in the minds of little ones and young-at-heart adults,…

Mercy Street | Reading Intersections

PBS has a new drama for lovers of history in general and Civil War buffs specifically. Start Here I’ll admit I’m not that into the Civil War when it comes to history but I’m intrigued by this not often seen side of the war. “This is not your typical Civil War epic. There are no…

Lowell in Letters | Reading Intersections

Fall down the rabbit hole with us! In our Reading Intersections series, we’ll give you a place to start and where to go next, piling titles on until you’re neck-deep in books, graphic novels and movies on a similar theme. | Perhaps the title is a bit misleading, perhaps you thought this was going to be about the city, but no…No, this is going to be about the poet Robert Lowell and the many, many letters he wrote during his lifetime.