Putting Our Trust in Bashō the Pilgrim
Early in Bashō’s collection of travel sketches The Narrow Road to the Deep North, he writes, As I was plodding […]
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Han Kang, the Language of Nature and the Nature of Language
[Editor’s note: Bring your imagination and an appetite for big, big questions in this seminar on two books by Han
A Subject Bigger Than Itself: The Sound and the Fury
One of the literary programs at my library is what we call Author Studies, where we read all or a
Through a Glass, Darkly, with Film Noir
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhereThe ceremony
The Symphony: Listening to History
A seminar series on the evolution of the symphony parallels a study of European history from the start of the
The Odyssey of a Sentence: Nine Ways Homer Changes in Translation
New English translations of Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey appear with notable regularity. For the general reader, it’s natural to ask: are they really all that different? And more importantly, do those differences matter?
The answer is: yes—and no.
Guest Blog, Toronto Pursuits
A Dilemma a Day Keeps Nihilism Away!
Toronto Pursuits’ “Nixing Nihilism: A Survey of Contemporary Philosophy” will serve up a “moral dilemma of the day” for seminar participants to consider.
Second Acts, Second (or Third) Thoughts on Rereading The Great Gatsby
Whenever I’ve moved from one city to another, I have had to pack up my extensive (some would say inordinately
Empathy Through Kurosawa’s Lens
There is something I believe about literature: Nonfiction allows us to learn about stuff, but fiction allows us to learn
Exploring Poetry as Storytelling: The Art of Shared Inquiry
[Editor’s note: We’re so happy to welcome Rosemary Gould back to Toronto Pursuits for the first time since 2019. She’ll