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
Category: Page Breaks
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
Page Breaks: Books We Hate
In a counterpoint to our long-running session theme, Works Loved, this week we’re thinking about books that inspire the opposite emotion. Listen to the podcast ‘Books We Hate’, and come along to reflect on the discussion and share your own dislikes. (But don’t worry – Works Loved will be back soon, to remind us of … Continue reading “Page Breaks: Books We Hate”
1 March 2021 by Dorothy Butchard
Page Breaks Research Day: 24 February
On Wednesday 24 February (from 9 am), we will be hosting a Page Breaks Research day. This will be an opportunity to work on your own research (while knowing that others are working at the same time), with periodic zoom calls to set and reflect on goals.
17 February 2021 by Toria Johnson
Page Breaks – Book Covers (1pm, Wed 17 Feb)
Love them or hate them, book covers are often the first thing we encounter when browsing different forms of literature. In this week’s Page Breaks, we invite you to reflect on aspects of choosing and responding to a book cover. Do you have favourite examples? Least favourite? How would you choose your own? Come along … Continue reading “Page Breaks – Book Covers (1pm, Wed 17 Feb)”
10 February 2021 by Dorothy Butchard
Page Breaks: A Piece of Work – ‘The Writing on the Wall’
For this week’s Page Breaks, we’re listening to an episode of ‘A Piece of Work’, a podcast about modern art based out of MOMA. This episode ‘The Writing on the Wall’ asks questions about how to achieve ‘authenticity’ in inherently reproducible pieces, and if words/language can be art.
4 February 2021 by Toria Johnson
Page Breaks: My Year of Making Lists
We’re back! For our first Page Breaks of the new year, we’re reading Hua Hsu’s short essay, ‘My Year of Making Lists’. The start of the year is a time when we’re often prompted to make lists: resolutions, memories, favourite things, plans for the future. We’ll reflect on Hsu’s article, our own ways of using … Continue reading “Page Breaks: My Year of Making Lists”
28 January 2021 by Dorothy Butchard