"Larry, I like your kind of labeling! And I think you're so right that the vast majority of humanity wants the same basic things--peace, freedom, safety, meaningful work and opportunity... I, too, would hold media culpable to a certain extent,…"
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Kim Anderson replied to Humanities Roundtable's discussion 'Reflections On..."Otherness"'
"Okay, here's a silly one. I moved to New York City from Montana when I was 18. I'd never been east of North Dakota. I was living with a poet (natch) and hanging out in the usual cliched literary joints. And my poet boyfriend (not for long)…"
Kim Anderson replied to Humanities Roundtable's discussion 'Hugo's Selected Poems'
"Well, you can't fake a great ear. And, to my ear, at least, his was one of the best.
Saying Goodbye to Mrs. Noraine
And after forty years her flowers failed to sing.
Geraniums blanched. Her blue begonias lost
their battle to the dulling rain.…"
Kim Anderson replied to Humanities Roundtable's discussion 'Reflections On..."Otherness"'
"I so agree with Larry and Lisa T's responses to Chris' question. And yet the voice of the poem responds in the same fashion--stereotyping those who label her, refusing to share customs or language or culture, almost reveling in her own…"
Kim Anderson replied to Humanities Roundtable's discussion 'Hugo's Selected Poems'
"A lovely riff on Hugo and Crumley, indeed. And it reminds me of the great connection Hugo had to noir--this huge weeping heart under the tough guy cadences of many of his lines. His alter ego in Death and the Good Life was named, after all, Mush…"
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Reflect: the meaning of service
Just returned from Chicago where several of us here on the Roundtable got to brainstorm--thanks to the NEH and the Illinois Humanities Council--how to bring the work we've been doing in Montana through our Reflect program to young people engaged in service work. Thanks to the Illinois Humanities Council's terrific Meaning of Service program, we have the opportunity, here in Montana, to deepen young people's experience with Americorp or Vista or other service programs, as well as the opportunity…See More
Kim Anderson replied to Humanities Roundtable's discussion 'Reflections On...Difference and Truth'
"Thanks so much Dean, and Lisa, and Elizabeth and everyone else. All these reflections are terrific. As a middle-aged white woman who lives in Montana, used to live in NYC and just got back from Chicago, I can imagine taking up Dean's latest…"
Ken Egan replied to Kim Anderson's discussion 'After the First Draft--the end of a romance' in the group Creative Writing Group
"Hey, Kim, I'm about to begin rewriting the novel based on my great grandfather's emigration from Ireland. I've got 200 pages in the can and it's time to begin from the beginning (yes, I'm trying to take advantage of…"
Kim Anderson commented on Lisa Simon's blog post 'Montana has a finalist in the Poetry Out Loud competition once again!'
"This is s!oooo awesome! We should definitely get this kid to the book festival"
Kim Anderson left a comment for craig wirth
"Welcome, Craig! There are lots of great discussion going on at the Humanities Roundtable, history, philosophy, literature. Pick your poison!"
Kim Anderson replied to Kim Anderson's discussion 'After the First Draft--the end of a romance' in the group Creative Writing Group
"Thanks Craig! Looking forward to your reading Friday night at F&F"
Craig Lancaster replied to Kim Anderson's discussion 'After the First Draft--the end of a romance' in the group Creative Writing Group
"Hi, Kim ...
I love rewriting. I've never immediately launched into it (I've generally waited a week or two, just to let everything cool down), but if you're going to ...
* Try, as much as you can, to read it as a reader would,…"
Kim Anderson added a discussion to the group Creative Writing Group
After the First Draft--the end of a romance
Hello fellow writers. Well, last night I finished the first draft of a young adult novel I've been working on and the printed pages are sitting in the middle of the dining room table. And, while I love looking at the tidy stack, I'm terrified to actually read it. All workshop wisdom says to let it sit in the drawer for awhile, but we don't have the luxury of time (I wrote this draft based on an idea my husband came up with about fifteen years ago and couldn't sell.) YA is suddenly very, very…See More
Lisa Simon commented on Kim Anderson's blog post 'Morality Play'
"Oy. I received a score of 75% and a scolding about my morality akin to church camp.
Did anyone else find it curious (if not morally inconsistent) of them to coax you into making an A or B choice in the first question (saying "just choose the…"
Kim Anderson replied to Ken Egan's discussion 'What are the humanities for?'
"Wow, amazing how this resonates today. Living within a culture that actively denigrates knowledge as elitism, that trumpets with no sense of nuance that "if it's true for you it's true," that chooses the "authentic"…"
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Reflect: the meaning of service
Just returned from Chicago where several of us here on the Roundtable got to brainstorm--thanks to the NEH and the Illinois Humanities Council--how to bring the work we've been doing in Montana through our Reflect program to young people engaged in service work. Thanks to the Illinois Humanities Council's terrific Meaning of Service program, we have the opportunity, here in Montana, to deepen young people's experience with Americorp or Vista or other service programs, as well as the opportunity… Continue
Posted on August 4, 2010 at 12:02am
Morality Play
I just took the Morality Play quiz, thanks to Jason Neal's link.
To anyone who knows me it's not surprising that I came out strongly "morally parsimonious." Roundtablers, this site is a great trove of party games to get us all thinking and talking. Shakespeare vs Britney Spears -- what is art? Create your own Deity. We could play for hours. Thanks Philosopher's Magazine and Jason!
Posted on March 2, 2010 at 11:30pm — 6 Comments
The Olympics
Watching the pairs figure skating tonight, I'm reminded again about what I love, and yet find so odd, about the Olympics and other sports competitions. Obviously what NBC thinks will get us to watch obscure sports events that normally would not be on our radar is story. Every competition comes with certain players who have great stories, and even while I know its been manufactured (like a novel?) damned if I don't fall for it every time. The Canadian free-style mogul skier whose brother has… Continue
Posted on February 16, 2010 at 12:30am — 1 Comment
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Jan Umphrey posted a blog postCall for manuscripts about your work in humanities-based classes
I'm the editor of a magazine, Principal Leadership, which is published by NASSP and has about 25,000 readers. I am seeking manuscripts for the October issue about the state of humanities in public secondary schools. This forum is a wonderful exchange of ideas, and I'm so heartened to see the humanities being supported.I would love to hear about successful programs and strategies for keeping such classes strong in the face of challenges from…See More
Ken Egan replied to Humanities Roundtable's discussion 'The Trail Book Club - The Royal Wulff Murders'"Good response, Kathleen! You raise many questions for others to consider. Just two questions on my part: What do you make of Martha Ettinger, the lead detective (sheriff) in Royal Wulff Murders? She's a Montana woman who loves…"
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