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Little Music: Reading and Reflections
Author of two poetry collections, Far District and House of Lords and Commons, Ishion Hutchinson, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry, will read from his works. Mr. Hutchinson’s Athenaeum present…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/little-music-reading-and-reflectionsThe Republican Civil War: What Liz Cheney’s Wyoming Tells us about the Past, Present, and Future of the American Right
Although MAGA conservatives endlessly faulted Liz Cheney for fighting Donald Trump instead of “woke” identity politics on the left, her primary defeat had everything to do with the triumph of an identity politics that i…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/republican-civil-war-what-liz-cheneys-wyoming-tells-us-about-past-present-and-futureRace and the Political Economy of Criminal Justice Predation
Joe Soss, the inaugural Cowles Chair for the Study of Public Service at the University of Minnesota, with faculty positions in the Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs, the departments of political science and of…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/race-and-political-economy-criminal-justice-predationWeak Strongman: The Limits of Power in Putin's Russia
Conventional wisdom treats Russian politics as either an extension of Vladimir Putin's worldview or Russia's unique history, but in Weak Strongman, Timothy Frye, the Marshall D. Shulman Professor of Post-Soviet Foreign…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/weak-strongman-limits-power-putins-russiaAn Evening of Poetry and Prose
In describing Mary Ruefle’s poems, the poet Tony Hoagland said, “Her work combines the spiritual desperation of Dickinson with the rhetorical virtuosity of Wallace Stevens. The result (for those with ears to hear) is a…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/evening-poetry-and-proseCalifornia’s Choices: 2022 Ballot Measures
Exercising the power to determine important policy issues by direct popular vote, this fall Californians will vote on seven ballot measures covering a broad range of subjects including a measure to change the California…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/californias-choices-2022-ballot-measuresWriting From the Heart: The Joys and Terrors of Being Vulnerable in Journalism
Award-winning essayist and syndicated columnist Donna Britt had written extensively in The Washington Post about being black, female, and spiritual in a society that often devalues all three. How does one successfully n…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/writing-heart-joys-and-terrors-being-vulnerable-journalismSmackdown: Memory v History
Today's young readers are tomorrow's problem-solvers, whose task, asserts Linda Sue Park, Newberry Medal award winning author of children’s books, is nothing less than saving the planet and human decency. She will talk…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/smackdown-memory-v-historyHuman Rights and the Origins of the Refugee Crisis in the Middle East
Michelle Tusan, professor of history at UNLV, explores the origins of the response to stateless refugees by international institutions and humanitarian organizations. It has its roots in one of the forgotten stories of…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/human-rights-and-origins-refugee-crisis-middle-eastReading and Reflection: An Evening of Poetry with Jane Hirshfield
Described by The Washington Post as belonging “among the modern masters” and by The New York Times as “passionate and radiant,” award-winning poet Jane Hirshfield work ranges from the political, ecological, and scientif…
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