This week, we’re revisiting a favourite Page Breaks author: Patricia Lockwood, whose John Updike takedown brought us much joy last year.
11 June 2021 by Dorothy Butchard
Category: Page Breaks
Page Breaks: Lydia Davis ‘Five Stories’ – 09 June
This week, we’re dabbling in flash fiction!
5 June 2021 by Toria Johnson
Page Breaks – Right On Track (2nd June)
Our reading for this week will be two short essays about train travel.
24 May 2021 by Dorothy Butchard
Page Breaks – PIZZA (19 May)
This week, we’re reflecting on pizza, and more broadly on how food can help us think more intently about authenticity and identity.
14 May 2021 by Toria Johnson
Page Breaks: ‘A Nameless Hiker and the Case the Internet Can’t Crack’ – 12 May
This week, we’re reflecting on the romance of an unsolved mystery, what it takes to be truly ‘off grid’, and the ethics of using technology to find someone who doesn’t want to be found.
9 May 2021 by Toria Johnson
Page Breaks: The World Amazon Made – 5th May
This week, we’re reflecting on a gazillionaire, capitalism, space, and a company that began with books but ended up selling everything.
1 May 2021 by Dorothy Butchard
Works Loved: Location Location Location
We’re back! Page Breaks this week will be on Wed 21 April at 1pm. We’ll be returning to our cherished ‘Works Loved’ format. Find out more about Works Loved here: https://blog.bham.ac.uk/englitpostgrad/works-loved/
14 April 2021 by Toria Johnson
Page Breaks: ‘Rain’ (Colson Whitehead) – 17 March
For this week’s Page Breaks, we’re reading an extract from Colson Whitehead’s The Colossus of New York. Thanks to Will Carroll for this suggestion!
10 March 2021 by Toria Johnson
Page Breaks: Did Harold Bloom or Toni Morrison Win the “Literary Canon Wars”?
On Wed 10 March 2021, join us for a spirited discussion of how Harold Bloom and Toni Morrison challenged our thinking about what (and how) to read.
10 March 2021 by Toria Johnson
Page Breaks: ‘High Score’ (Netflix) – 24 March
For this week’s Page Breaks, we’re watching an episode of the Netflix documentary High Score. All welcome! Thanks to Niall Gallen for this suggestion.
3 March 2021 by Toria Johnson