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Robert Ingersoll speaking the eulogy at Walt Whitman’s funeral Robert Ingersoll, called The Great Agnostic, was one of the premier orators of the second half of the 19th century, and gave the funeral eulogy for Walt Whitman on March 30,
Kafka’s “Lost Writings” … not really lost, but now translated into English https://www.ndbooks.com/book/the-lost-writings/#/ https://www.newyorker.com/books/this-week-in-fiction/franz-kafka-06-29-20 Short Talk on Kafka on Hölderlin Anne Carson MAY 28, 2020 ISSUE “I cannot keep my dreams straight.” By this complaint Kafka meant, keep them going in
Love Poems by Pablo Neruda Read by husband and wife team Juan Egea and Sarli Mercado, from the UW-Madison Department of Spanish and Portuguese. Sarli we just featured in our Podcast, Women in Translation. Juan is is professor
Francine Hirsch, the UW Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor of History has a newish book: Soviet Judgment at Nuremberg: A New History of the International Military Tribunal After World War II Prof Hirsch gave a live stream talk about the
Lori DiPrete Brown Sarli Mercado Lori DiPrete Brown is founding director of UW-Madison’s 4W Women and Well-Being Initiative, which develops and supports a
Steffen Silvis is a valued member of the Fermat universe, having appeared in numerous performances (narrator in Mother Courage Alone) and readings (Acting Un-American). He is a PhD candidate in Interdisciplinary Theatre Studies at UW-Madison, has lectured in the UW
Shakespeare’s scenes with two women alone. What do Shakespeare’s women say when they are out of the hearing of men? Mya Kahler and Maggie Schenk, two of our favorite Shakespearean actresses, in scenes from Twelfth Night, As You Like it,
Photo: Allen Warren – Wikimedia Commons Fermat’s Last Theater presents An Evening with James Baldwin Concept and curation by Quanda Johnson November 14, 2019, Urban League of Greater Madison Program Letter to My Nephew and a passage from Giovanni’s
Franz Kafka’s dark and disturbing short story, A Hunger Artist Alex Hancock and Nick Barovic-Hancock read the Muir translation of one of the strangest of Kafka’s works. “A Hunger Artist” (“Ein Hungerkunstler”) is one of the last short
Photo: Allen Warren – Wikimedia Commons Melvin Hinton reads James Baldwin’s essay, Why I Stopped Hating Shakespeare Audio from this reading is being reworked … thanks for your patience. Madison’s Melvin Hinton reads this wonderful essay and