Vejas Liulevicius

And even though the film had to be filmed on location in Spain, pretending to be revolutionary Russia, it was magical for the sheer sweep and tragedy and human resilience that it showed. The very way in which a work of literature or of cinematography could capture so much Still, I'm still amazed by that. And then there's also, in the spirit of recommending neglected classics, my favorite author.

And even though the film had to be filmed on location in Spain, pretending to be revolutionary Russia, it was magical for the sheer sweep and tragedy and human resilience that it showed. The very way in which a work of literature or of cinematography could capture so much Still, I'm still amazed by that. And then there's also, in the spirit of recommending neglected classics, my favorite author.

And even though the film had to be filmed on location in Spain, pretending to be revolutionary Russia, it was magical for the sheer sweep and tragedy and human resilience that it showed. The very way in which a work of literature or of cinematography could capture so much Still, I'm still amazed by that. And then there's also, in the spirit of recommending neglected classics, my favorite author.

My favorite author is now a late Canadian author by the name of Robertson Davies, who wrote novel after novel. in a mode that probably would get called magical realism, but is so much more. Roberson Davies was heavily influenced by Carl Jung and Jungian philosophy, but in literary form, he managed to create stories that blend the mythical, the mystical, and the brutally real to paint a picture of

My favorite author is now a late Canadian author by the name of Robertson Davies, who wrote novel after novel. in a mode that probably would get called magical realism, but is so much more. Roberson Davies was heavily influenced by Carl Jung and Jungian philosophy, but in literary form, he managed to create stories that blend the mythical, the mystical, and the brutally real to paint a picture of

My favorite author is now a late Canadian author by the name of Robertson Davies, who wrote novel after novel. in a mode that probably would get called magical realism, but is so much more. Roberson Davies was heavily influenced by Carl Jung and Jungian philosophy, but in literary form, he managed to create stories that blend the mythical, the mystical, and the brutally real to paint a picture of

Canada as he knew it, Europe as he knew it, and the world as he knew it. And he's most famous probably for the Deptford Trilogy, three novels in a series that are linked, and they're just masterful. If only there were more books like that.

Canada as he knew it, Europe as he knew it, and the world as he knew it. And he's most famous probably for the Deptford Trilogy, three novels in a series that are linked, and they're just masterful. If only there were more books like that.

Canada as he knew it, Europe as he knew it, and the world as he knew it. And he's most famous probably for the Deptford Trilogy, three novels in a series that are linked, and they're just masterful. If only there were more books like that.

Yes, it was an amazing beard. Very 19th century.

Yes, it was an amazing beard. Very 19th century.

Yes, it was an amazing beard. Very 19th century.

Well, it comes down to one word, and that one word is read. As a college teacher, I'm concerned about what I'm seeing unfolding before us, which is classes, not my classes, but classes in which students are asked to read very little and or maybe in some cases not at all, or snippets that they are provided digitally, those have their place and can be valuable.

Well, it comes down to one word, and that one word is read. As a college teacher, I'm concerned about what I'm seeing unfolding before us, which is classes, not my classes, but classes in which students are asked to read very little and or maybe in some cases not at all, or snippets that they are provided digitally, those have their place and can be valuable.

Well, it comes down to one word, and that one word is read. As a college teacher, I'm concerned about what I'm seeing unfolding before us, which is classes, not my classes, but classes in which students are asked to read very little and or maybe in some cases not at all, or snippets that they are provided digitally, those have their place and can be valuable.

But the task of sitting down with a book and absorbing its message, not agreeing with it necessarily, but taking in the implications, learning how to think within the categories and the values of the author is going to be irreplaceable. My anxiety is that with college bookstores now moving entirely to the paperless format, it changes how people interact with texts.

But the task of sitting down with a book and absorbing its message, not agreeing with it necessarily, but taking in the implications, learning how to think within the categories and the values of the author is going to be irreplaceable. My anxiety is that with college bookstores now moving entirely to the paperless format, it changes how people interact with texts.

But the task of sitting down with a book and absorbing its message, not agreeing with it necessarily, but taking in the implications, learning how to think within the categories and the values of the author is going to be irreplaceable. My anxiety is that with college bookstores now moving entirely to the paperless format, it changes how people interact with texts.

If the result is not a renaissance and a resurgence of reading, but less reading, that will be dreadful because the experience of thinking your way into other people's minds that sustained reading offers is is so crucial to human empathy a broadening of your own sensibilities of what's possible, what's in the full range of being human, and then what's best.

If the result is not a renaissance and a resurgence of reading, but less reading, that will be dreadful because the experience of thinking your way into other people's minds that sustained reading offers is is so crucial to human empathy a broadening of your own sensibilities of what's possible, what's in the full range of being human, and then what's best.