The Luria Library! It's also the title of a novel by E. M. Forster, a Great Books author.
"Borders." Consider the various borders that we erect among ourselves, our cultures, even from the natural world itself. Robert Frost's famous poem, "Mending Wall," considers the unnaturalness of constructing a stone wall between two neighbors: "Something there is that doesn't love a wall."
Come and meet other Great Books authors Tuesday noon, March 18, at the
Luria Library Cafe for our Borders Read Aloud. Share with fellow students your favorite "GB" poem or passage, and tell us what makes it great! Learn about City College's own Great Books program. We'll meet informally near the Cafe from 12:00 to 1:00, light refreshments to be served. RSVP on Facebook.
The Great Books include the classical works from the western Canon and World Culture. Plato, William Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson, Confucius, Freud, Cervantes: Each a Great Books author.
A Great Books course devotes at least half its readings to works universally distinguished for their timeless beauty and profundity. They include the greatest that have been thought and passed down through the ages. GBC works are thematically linked with other contemporary and multi-cultural authors. Thus, we come to recognize the relevance the ancient works hold for us today, as a society and as individuals.
Great Books authors will change your life! You will become more self-confident and develop the personal pride that comes with an expanded and enriched college experience. See you Tuesday the 18th at noon.
