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| Aciman, André Spring 2000 |
Reflections of an Uncertain Jew |
| Addonizio, Kim Summer 2007 |
Poem: Lucifer at the Starlite |
| Atxaga, Bernardo Fall 2009 |
The Mystery of the Four Birds |
| Barton, Emily Summer 2011 |
Film: The Jazz Singer |
| Bego, Elvis Winter 2013 |
Miscellany: All the Names |
| Bentley, Eric Spring 2001 |
Books: Oscar Wilde |
| Berger, John Summer 2009 |
Perspective: A Place Weeping |
| Berriault, Gina Fall 1997 |
Fiction: The Figure Skater |
| Berry, Wendell Winter 2012 |
Fiction: Drouth (1944) |
| Bidart, Frank Spring 2008 |
Poem: You Cannot Rest |
| Bolaño, Roberto Fall 2011 |
Table Talk |
| Boyers, Robert Spring 2012 |
Books: Norman Manea |
| Brock, Rebecca Winter 2005 |
You Can't Even Remember What I'm Trying to Forget |
| Busch, Frederick Summer 2005 |
Fiction: Good to Go |
| Byatt, A. S. Spring 1998 |
Books: Penelope Fitzgerald |
| Campbell, James Summer 2001 |
Books: Rimbaud and Verlaine in London |
| Carr, Tim Spring 2010 |
Art: Vincent van Gogh |
| Carson, Anne Fall 2009 |
Poem: Peril |
| Chang, Victoria Summer 2005 |
Poem: The Guests |
| Chitwood, Michael Spring 2005 |
Poem: Walking |
| Chubb, Mimi Winter 2011 |
Books: The Mountain Lion |
| Clark, T. J. Spring 2010 |
Symposium on Bruegel |
| Cohen, Andrea Spring 2013 |
Poem: Explanation (Hiroshima) |
| Cohen, Rachel Summer 2008 |
Art: Poussin and Nature |
| Cole, Henri Summer 2012 |
Poem: Sardines |
| Colegate, Isabel Fall 2004 |
Books: Somerset Maugham |
| Connell, Evan Fall 2007 |
Fiction: The Land Where Lemon Trees Bloom |
| Crim, Kathryn Fall 2010 |
Symposium on Erving Goffman |
| Davis, Craig Summer 2012 |
Fiction: First East Kansas Aphorism |
| Deming, Sarah Fall 2011 |
Miscellany: Skydive |
| Di Piero, W. S. Spring 2011 |
Television: The Wire |
| Dickstein, Morris Summer 2007 |
Books: Henry Roth |
| Donovan, Matt Fall 2012 |
Places: Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii |
| Dorfman, Ariel Fall 2008 |
Fiction: Just Visiting |
| Drabble, Margaret Fall 2001 |
Symposium on Marriage |
| Duguid, Paul Winter 2013 |
Books: Bibliolatry and Its Discontents |
| Dyer, Geoff Spring 2011 |
Memoir: On Being an Only Child |
| Eich, Günter Spring 2010 |
Poem: Fraudulent Map |
| Epler, Barbara Spring 2008 |
Symposium on Editing |
| Ferry, David Summer 2012 |
Poem: Everybody’s Tree |
| Ford, Richard Spring 2013 |
Symposium on Absalom, Absalom! |
| Fox, Paula Winter 2009 |
Table Talk |
| Fried, Daisy Spring 2012 |
Poem: Ippopotamo |
| Fried, Michael Winter 2007 |
Poem: The Fallen Jockey |
| Furbank, P. N. Fall 2012 |
Books: Mind and Cosmos by Thomas Nagel |
| Gaitskill, Mary Winter 2009 |
Fiction: Description |
| Galvin, James Winter 2011 |
Poem: Another Fable |
| Gersão, Teolinda Spring 2004 |
Fiction: The Red Fox Fur Coat |
| Gilb, Dagoberto Fall 1996 |
Northeast Direct |
| Gilbreath, Aaron Summer 2012 |
Music: Jimmy Smith and the Allure of the Vault |
| Glück, Louise Spring 2013 |
Poem: Approach of the Horizon |
| Gordimer, Nadine Spring 2003 |
Books: Joseph Roth |
| Gornick, Vivian Fall 2003 |
Miscellany: Bobby’s Salon |
| Gourevitch, Philip Summer 2010 |
Books: James Salter |
| Greenblatt, Stephen Winter 2007 |
Symposium on Berlin |
| Gunn, Thom Fall 1999 |
Poem: Painting by Vuillard |
| Haas, Charlie Summer 2006 |
Table Talk |
| Hamburger, Michael Spring 2004 |
Poem: A Cat’s Last Summer |
| Hawley, Ellen Summer 2006 |
Miscellany: Language, Loss, and Metaphor |
| Hazen, Elizabeth Summer 2010 |
Poem: Trilobites |
| Heaney, Seamus Spring 2000 |
Poem: The Real Names |
| Hirshfield, Jane Summer 2010 |
Poem: Heat and Desperation |
| Hoagland, Tony Winter 2009 |
Poem: Rabbit |
| Holroyd, Michael Winter 2005 |
Symposium on Memory |
| Ignatieff, Michael Fall 1998 |
Theater: Reconsidering Lear |
| Iverson, Ethan Fall 2011 |
Symposium on Live Music |
| Jones, Louis B. Fall 2012 |
Books: Mind and Cosmos by Thomas Nagel |
| Keizer, Bert Spring 2013 |
Table Talk |
| Kennedy, A. L. Winter 2006 |
Fiction: Family with Young Children |
| Kinnell, Galway Fall 2006 |
Poem: The Dinner Party |
| Kitay, Mike Summer 2005 |
Symposium on Thom Gunn |
| Kleinzahler, August Spring 1996 |
Film: Leaving Las Vegas |
| Komunyakaa, Yusef Fall 1999 |
Poem: Meditations on a File |
| Laqueur, Thomas Winter 2003 |
Symposium on Emil Mayer |
| Lasdun, James Winter 2007 |
Symposium on Berlin |
| Lesser, Wendy Fall 2012 |
Art: Gerhard Richter |
| Levine, Philip Winter 2013 |
Poem: Albion |
| Li, Yiyun Fall 2010 |
Fiction: A Small Sacrifice |
| Locke, Richard Fall 2010 |
Books: Lydia Davis |
| Lopate, Phillip Winter 2009 |
Books: Susan Sontag |
| Lubow, Arthur Winter 2013 |
Photography: Francesca Woodman |
| Magris, Claudio Spring 2013 |
Preface: Reflections on Blindly |
| Mamet, David Summer 2006 |
Perspective: Workers and Managers |
| Manguel, Alberto Winter 2012 |
Miscellany: Bathing in the Fountain of Youth |
| Marcus, Greil Spring 2008 |
Memoir: Tied to History |
| Marías, Javier Spring 2012 |
Film: Westerns |
| Marks, Corey Fall 2010 |
Poem: Dumb Luck |
| Mattison, Alice Spring 2005 |
Fiction: The Odds It Would Be You |
| McDonough, Jill Fall 2012 |
Poem: Ming |
| McFee, Michael Fall 2006 |
Poem: Saltine |
| Meyer, Danny Spring 2005 |
Memoir: Table 38 |
| Michaels, Katharine Spring 2012 |
Symposium on Architecture |
| Michaels, Leonard Fall 2003 |
Memoir: My Yiddish |
| Milosz, Czeslaw Spring 1997 |
Prose-Poems: Borderlines |
| Montaigne, Michel de Summer 2004 |
Monsters |
| Morris, Mark Fall 2009 |
Symposium on the Piano |
| Murray, Les Spring 2003 |
Poem: True Yarn |
| Nehamas, Alexander Winter 2000 |
An Essay on Beauty and Judgment |
| Newberry, Todd Summer 2004 |
Aquariums |
| Nunez, Sigrid Fall 2011 |
Fiction: Airport Story |
| Nurkse, D. Winter 2012 |
Poem: The Power Point |
| Olds, Sharon Spring 2011 |
Poem: Discandied |
| Oppenheim, Irene Spring 1995 |
Table Talk |
| Ozick, Cynthia Winter 2005 |
Fantasy: An (Unfortunate) Interview with Henry James |
| Pamuk, Orhan Fall 2009 |
Table Talk |
| Papandreou, Nick Fall 2012 |
Table Talk |
| Parks, Tim Winter 2001 |
Books: Dino Buzzati |
| Peck, Dale Summer 2010 |
Miscellany: Dutcher's Notch |
| Peters, Sara Summer 2009 |
Poem: Babysitters |
| Phillips, Adam Fall 2010 |
Symposium on Erving Goffman |
| Pinsky, Ellen Fall 2012 |
Symposium on Psychoanalysis |
| Pinsky, Robert Summer 2011 |
Poem: Improvisation on Yiddish |
| Plumly, Stanley Fall 2005 |
Poem: Meeting Mr. Cole |
| Powell, Jim Spring 2012 |
Books: The H.D. Book |
| Rathburn, Chelsea Winter 2013 |
Poem: Meanderings |
| Rayfiel, Thomas Winter 2012 |
Table Talk |
| Rebillot, Kathryn B. Spring 2007 |
Memoir: The Memorial Service |
| Romm, Robin Summer 2003 |
Fiction: Lost and Found |
| Row, Jess Summer 2012 |
Books: Haruki Murakami |
| Ryan, Kay Summer 2012 |
Poem: Monk Style |
| Ryan, Michael Winter 2008 |
Poem: In the Mirror |
| Sacks, Oliver Winter 2005 |
Symposium on Memory |
| Sante, Luc Summer 2004 |
Memoir: French Without Tears |
| Savio, Mario Summer 1995 |
Speech for an Anniversary |
| Schwartz, Lynne Sharon Fall 2005 |
Memoir: Wheelchair Yoga |
| Seibert, Brian Fall 2008 |
Dance: Jimmy Slyde |
| Seroy, Jeff Winter 2011 |
Dance: Socratic Questions |
| Seshadri, Vijay Spring 1998 |
Memoir: My Pirate Boyhood |
| Shapiro, Alan Winter 2004 |
Poem: Space Dog |
| Shteyngart, Gary Spring 2004 |
Memoir: The Mother Tongue Between Two Slices of Rye |
| Sleigh, Tom Fall 2008 |
Poem: Triumph |
| Smith, Imogen Sara Summer 2010 |
Art: Still-Life Photographs |
| Smith, Janna Malamud Summer 2011 |
Table Talk |
| Snyder, Gary Summer 1994 |
Poem: Covers the Ground |
| Sontag, Susan Summer 1996 |
Preface: Thirty Years Later... |
| Spagnuolo, Peter Winter 2008 |
Poem: Dementia Pugilistica |
| Steele, Timothy Spring 2006 |
Poem: A Muse |
| Stevens, Mark Spring 2010 |
Symposium on Bruegel |
| Swope, Sam Summer 2003 |
Table Talk |
| Szymborska, Wislawa Summer 1997 |
Poem: The End and the Beginning |
| Tallent, Elizabeth Spring 2013 |
Memoir: Little X |
| Tate, James Fall 2004 |
Poem: What Had To Be Done |
| Taylor, Tess Summer 2012 |
Miscellany: The Waste Land App |
| Thompson, Clifford Summer 2011 |
Miscellany: Love for Sale |
| Vandenburgh, Jane Summer 2005 |
Table Talk |
| Vidal, Gore Summer 1995 |
Preface: The City and the Pillar |
| Vineberg, Steve Spring 2002 |
Film: Mulholland Drive |
| Wagoner, David Fall 2011 |
Poem: First Flight |
| Warren, Rosanna Winter 2007 |
Poem: Palaces |
| Weiner, Joshua Fall 2004 |
Poem: The Bed |
| Weschler, Lawrence Winter 2003 |
Popocatepetl: A Noodling Reminiscence |
| Williams, Bernard Spring 2001 |
Philosophy as a Humanistic Discipline |
| Williams, C.K. Winter 2012 |
Poem: Vile Jelly |
| Wiseman, Frederick Spring 2008 |
Symposium on Editing |
| Young, Dean Winter 2013 |
Poem: Unlikely Materials |
| Zagajewski, Adam Summer 2011 |
Poem: Out Walking with My Father |
| Zahrt, Jennifer Winter 2013 |
Table Talk |
| Ziegler, Anna Summer 2002 |
Poem: After the Opening, 1932 |
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