Sep 06, 2024 We Recommend — The Legacy of Sacajawea
This September, join the American West Center for a series of lively talks and readings about Sacajawea’s legacy...
Sep 16, 2019 Harvest: An Homage to Demeter and Persephone — Two Books and a Stray Sonnet Sequence
At last the Father of the Gods sent Hermes to fetch Persephone back to earth, on condition that she had eaten nothing while in the kingdom of Pluto. Alas that very day she had tasted six seeds of a pomegranate...
Jan 31, 2018 Book of the Week — Glasshouse
“[Joseph] Banks reported in 1788 to the British East India Company that the climate in parts of northeast India was perfect for growing Camillia sinensis, the bush that produces tea leaves. The plant turned out to be indigenous to the Assam area, which eventually became...