October 2007 | Vol. VI No. 2

One Civilized Reader Is Worth a Thousand Boneheads The Portrait: Capturing Achievement, Determination, and Courage he Center for the official portraits in the past tended are rarely depicted. When they are, Humanities is to emphasize the purpose and re- for the most part they are presented proud to announce quirements of the institution over as stick figures. Why? One sugges- that a portrait of the personality of the individual, tion is that the artists painted these our Director, Pro- the portraits in Olin Library call at- images as a form of magic to help fessor Gerald Early, tention to the subjects’ personality, them gain control over the animals Tis now in place in the southwest role, and deeds. Both styles, how- they hunted. The shared belief that corner of Olin Library’s main level. ever, are products of their sociohis- the act of painting an animal could Dr. Jian Leng Rest assured that Professor Early is torical context. Both are historical capture the animal’s spirit might be not “hanging” around the library documents filled with shared cul- why there are so few realistic repre- alone. His is, however, the most tural meanings and messages. sentations of humans by these early recent portrait to be displayed in Cave paintings done as long ago artists. This seems consistent with Olin Library to honor prominent as the Paleolithic era demonstrated some cultures’ initial reaction to Washington University scholars photography where it was thought and leaders. that the photograph could Portraits, as we know magically capture the soul them today, have existed portraiture remains the art that of the subject. for about two and a half captures specific individuals It took painting tens of thousand years. Our need thousands of years to move to commemorate a spe- during the times of their most from cavern walls to the cific person and his or her inspired achievements surfaces of painted planes. distinctive traits emerged Portraiture, however, arises as a way to celebrate in- from a different lineage. dividuality and/or social status. A that we have a long history of rep- The first human forms represented portrait is a painting in which the resenting the world around us and by ancient artists seem to be iconic person’s face is the predominant that cultural context has always fertility figures. After having been element. It is, however, more than shaped content. The 17,000-year- largely absent during the Meso- a mere representation. As James old Paleolithic wall paintings at lithic, such statuettes appear again McNeil Whistler noted: “If a man Lascaux provide a good example, al- during the Neolithic. These Neo- who paints only the tree, or flower, though they are not the oldest such lithic sculptures are no longer cre- or other surface he sees before him renderings. Animals are depicted ated solely by carving or sculpting were an artist, the king of artists so realistically that something of bone or stone. In the Near East, would be the photographer. It is for the character of each creature is for example, figurines were fash- the artist to do something beyond revealed. These Paleolithic repre- ioned of plaster or clay. Still, much visit our blog site at http://cenhum.artsci.wustl.edu/publications/blog.html this: in portrait painting to put on sentations show complete mastery like their Paleolithic ancestors, the canvas something more than the of the chosen medium, even the face the model wears for one day, caverns’ irregular walls being in- to paint the man, in short, as well cluded in the engraved, drawn, and as his features” (The Gentle Art of painted elements. Yet despite the Making Enemies, 1890). Although skill of these early artists, humans editor’s notes continued

Neolithic artists seem to fo- must also capture something cus primarily on female/fer- of the complex emotions and tility, or “Mother Goddess,” real character of the subject. imagery, presumably asso- The artist must capture an es- ciated with agricultural as sence that conveys respect for well as human fertility. So, and honors individual struggle, although they are the earli- determination, and courage. est examples of human-cen- Here perhaps we return to the tered art, their purpose was “magic” of creating a represen- quite different from that of tation of someone. Rather than the modern portrait. gaining control, we gain deep- The likeness of a specific er understanding and appre- person, which we associate ciation for a unique individual. with modern portraits, be- Certainly I think that is what gins in Egypt during Dy- Jamie Adams captures in his nasties I and II, ca. 3200 portrait of Professor Early. bc. Images of deities and Throughout the history of rulers were painted and portraiture, we have seen hu- carved in places of spiritual mans depicted as sacred fetish- or political importance, es, divine beings, and histori- such as temples, tombs, and cal personages. Throughout all palaces. Ancient Egyptian these stylistic changes, portrai- artists stressed the impor- ture remains the art that cap- tance of the profile, dis- tures specific individuals during torting perspectives and the times of their most inspired proportions. The subject achievements. We at the Cen- was deemed more important than sty- This was followed by the antirepresenta- ter for the Humanities are very pleased, listic considerations. A representational tional and even iconoclastic Early Chris- but not surprised, that a portrait of our approach to portraiture first occurs dur- tian, Byzantine, and Medieval periods. Center’s director has now been added to ing Akhenaton’s revolution in New King- The Renaissance is said by many to those of other distinguished Washington dom Egypt. He was the first pharaoh to be the golden age of painting. From the University individuals proudly displayed be represented in a realistic manner, with fourteenth through the mid seventeenth at Olin Library. plaster life casts taken from the faces, century, painting reflects the revolution Jian Leng and in some cases the entire bodies, of of ideas and science (astronomy, geogra- Associate Director this ruler and his courtiers. Although the phy) during this period. As illustrated in The Center for the Humanities frontal profile was still used in portray- Leonardo da Vinci’s many studies from ing Akhenaton, his posture and figure are nature and human anatomy, artists repre- Make a Gift to the Center our first evidence of portraiture in a truly sented individuals with almost scientific for the Humanities modern sense. Akhenaton’s reign was, precision. Renaissance Flemish, Dutch, however, short-lived. oin other donors and supporters and German painters took a more realis- Jto ensure that the Center for About a thousand years later, in late tic, less idealized approach than did their the Humanities can continue to Etruscan and Republican Rome this tra- Italian colleagues. The Italians’ artwork fulfill its mission. Help us continue dition reappears. In Rome portraiture derived from ancient Greece and Rome, to make the humanities a part of was expressed in sculptures. In Roman but the northerners retained a stylistic public life and yours. Egypt, the art of painted portraiture sur- residue from the sculpture and illuminat- vives in coffin-portraits found in the Late ed manuscripts of the Middle Ages. Send your check, payable to Antique cemetery of Al-Fayum. These are Washington University, to: In the nineteenth century, photogra- The Center for the Humanities funeral portraits of ordinary people and, phy brought an entirely new approach aside from frescos, are the only paintings c/o Shannon MacAvoy Grass to portraiture. Cameras that capture an Washington University in St. Louis of the Roman period that have survived. individual’s likeness irrevocably altered Campus Box 1210 In Europe, idealized figures of kings and our attitudes toward the portrait. But One Brookings Drive rulers began to be popular, and ac- capturing the likeness of an individual, St. Louis, MO 63130-4899 curate depiction of form and figure as Whistler said, is not enough. An artist was again relegated to the shadows. book of the month by Gerald Early

Strictly Right: William F. Buckley and the not only for a particu- tary did not really speak American Conservative Movement lar branch of conserva- for them or to them. But By Linda Bridges and John R. Coyne Jr. tism that wanted to af- when liberals and the John Wiley and Sons, 2007, 358 pages fect and be accepted by left accuse right-wing including index and photographs mainstream political commentators of be- The Rake: A Novel thinking in America, ing opportunists, it has By William F. Buckley Jr. but for liberals who the tinny sound of envy HarperCollins, 2007, 278 pages wanted both a foil and a rather than the ring of tool, and the media that real truth. Who, in the There is little doubt that William F. wanted a face and a per- political punditry game, Buckley is the most celebrated conser- sonality. isn’t an opportunist? vative writer and thinker in post–World Buckley, who himself Politics, in part, is about War II America. He is credited with savage opportunism and bringing conservatism into the Ameri- had a television show, Firing Line, that lasted the exploitation of the can mainstream, which he clearly did, fantasies, insecurities, although there is a debate among con- thirty-three years, paved the way for such figures as writer and inadequacies, and delusions of various servatives about how much this compro- segments of the public. mised their doctrines and principles. He commentator George F. Will and radio did this by giving conservative punditry personality and author Rush Limbaugh. Buckley, indeed, was a skilled and an intellectual veneer and by making it Will and Limbaugh, of course, have pro- canny mix of high-culture affect and something worthy of the media’s atten- duced their own series of conservative populist appeal, something that none of tion by making himself something wor- clones and knockoffs: Dinesh D’Souza, his imitators and successors has come thy of the media’s attention. Buckley was Laura Ingraham, Sean Hannity, the in- close to matching. It was Buckley’s ge- the first modern star of conservatism. He sanely theatrical and liberal-baiting Ann nius to take the two warring aspects of took conservatism from the provincial Coulter (Ayn Rand reinvented as the slim his personality—his aspiration for WASP backwaters of Robert Taftian isolation- blonde bitch-provocateur), and “Spin- patrician-like status and his reality as an ism and debt-reduction into the Cold Stopper” Bill O’Reilly to name but a small Irish-Catholic outsider with money—and War as an aggressive defense of freedom number. All of these people, with the ex- blend them into a uniquely gracious yet and an implacable foe of communism. ception of Will, are, in virtually every pugnacious character. He ran for mayor Communism must not be contained, it way, lesser versions of Buckley: less smart, of New York City in 1965 and garnered must be destroyed, was his motto. Stat- less skilled as writers (and less prolific), more than 13 percent of the vote, most ism and collectivism must be destroyed. less skilled as commentators and as inter- of it from middle class white ethnics who viewers. They are, to use a popular word would normally have found someone like He published two major books—God among the young, “cheesy” compared to him pretentious. He wrote for Playboy and Man at Yale (1951), about academic Buckley. (Firing Line, for instance, was magazine, which appeared on the scene freedom and intellectual bias at Yale, and superior to every conservative radio and at nearly the same time as National Re- McCarthy and His Enemies: The Record television show that is currently on the view, and made conservatism appear less and Its Meaning (1954) with L. Brent air. It was grown-up, public affairs televi- stodgy in the swinging sixties of free Bozell, a defense of Joe McCarthy—and sion, sometimes heated, but not a shout- love and hip drugs. He was an amateur became the founding editor of the right’s ing match where the object is for the host sailor, skier, and classical pianist, a highly only successful mainstream magazine, to denigrate guests he or she doesn’t like cultured man who consorted with roy- National Review (1955), all before he was or agree with; nor was it a monologue or alty, political leaders, and intellectuals. thirty years old. He had youth (National rant, occasionally punctuated by phone (He has lived the good life to the hilt.) Review inspired the Young Americans for calls from fawning fans.) He could appear before the most hostile Freedom, for instance), brashness, the ap- college audiences and be completely un- pearance of erudition (before Buckley, Buckley made incredible sums of mon- ey as both a writer and a speaker, and so flappable. But when debating Gore Vidal conservatism, rightly or wrongly, always on ABC television in 1968, he became so seemed “stupid” and “reactionary” com- have some who have followed his path or a variation of it. This aspect of Buckley’s angry that he called Vidal a “fag” (in re- pared with the highly “theoretical” and ply to Vidal calling him a “crypto-Nazi”) “forward thinking” left), and a set of eas- success may have been particularly ap- pealing to many of his current avatars. and said he would “sock [him] in [his] ily caricatured mannerisms that, whether goddamn face.” Clearly, the tough Irish- real or contrived, were useful for selling They may have been attracted to the right because they sensed or smelled money in Catholic kid escaped at that moment, a product called conservatism by add- and many cheered his outburst. From ing just a slight touch of eccentricity that it, as there was a huge swath of the Amer- ican public who felt that the New York 1959 on, he has written a book a year on underscored both Buckley’s intellect and a range of subjects, from his mayoral run sincerity. He was a perfect conservative Times and network television commen- (The Unmaking of a Mayor wanted to curry favor Buckley was ever a conservative in some [1966]) to his Catholi- with liberals, and never fundamental way that challenged main- cism (Nearer, My God: was a true conservative. stream American politics. Why did the An Autobiography of Faith (He provides plenty of conservatives, for the most part, sell out [1997]). damning quotes.) In on the issue of King and adopt the main- Strictly Right is a high- chapter 5, McManus stream liberal view? The different views ly admiring biography, quotes several former NR about King also makes one realize that as one might expect by writers including Garry there is much ideological conflict within authors who have been Wills who believe that conservative circles and that conserva- longtime staffers for Na- National Review was se- tives are not nearly as united as they often tional Review. It tells the cretly funded and con- seem to be. story well enough from trolled by the CIA, for The Rake, Buckley’s latest novel, is a Buckley’s birth in 1925 whom Buckley worked satire about a Bill Clinton–type politi- in New York City to his back before the magazine cian, “intelligent—not learned . . . and years at Yale to his rise as a writer and appeared. (The CIA did renowned for his good looks” (p. 170). editor during and following the Korean fund magazines. And even in its heyday It is the story of a presidential candidate, War, Alger Hiss, and the McCarthy era. of the 1980s when Reagan was in pow- Reuben Castle, who many years earlier The authors mention Buckley’s employ- er and conservatism was at its height of impregnated his college sweetheart, Hen- ment by the CIA immediately after his popularity, National Review never seemed rietta, who, good Catholic that she is, re- graduation but go into no detail about to have the subscription numbers to be fuses abortion and secretly marries Castle what he did there. We then hit the glory truly self-sustaining. McManus points in a Catholic ceremony, then leaves for years of great success from the mid-1960s out also how Buckley openly admitted France to have the baby. Castle, a selfish, onward, when Buckley wrote numerous that his Blackford Oakes spy novels were self-promoting type resembling Sinclair best sellers, spoke on college campuses meant to be a romanticized apologia for Lewis’s Elmer Gantry, and who thinks everywhere, and was on television every the CIA. he is not legally married to Henrietta, week not only with Firing Line but as a On one point, McManus is particularly promptly dumps her and proceeds with guest on other shows including Rowan interesting: Buckley’s praise and glorifica- his life. He marries a former Miss Amer- and Martin’s Laugh-In (1969), by which tion of Martin Luther King. Even in 1968, ica who is a sex-hungry lush, and even- time he had become a popular culture when King was assassinated, according to tually is elected senator from the state of icon. (Not mentioned in Strictly Right is Strictly Right, Buckley had considerable North Dakota. Twenty years later, Cas- the fact that Buckley was also satirized in sympathy for the slain leader, speaking tle’s run for the presidency is undone by Playboy’s Little Annie Fanny comic strip.) of the country’s grief for King and John his and Henrietta’s son, Justin, in a plot Strictly Right also makes a point of pro- Kennedy as equivalent to the grief “felt involving a secret marriage license, arson, viding Buckley’s apology for supporting over the loss of one’s own sons” (p. 107). murder, and the sort of chicanery that segregation back in the early 1960s when But how can any true conservative feel conservatives think Bill Clinton was ca- he was a strong backer of states’ rights anything but contempt for King: he was, pable of committing (crooked land deals (p. 81). What might be of greater inter- after all, a Marxist. (One does not have in Arkansas, the “murder” of Ron Brown, est to readers is to compare Strictly Right to take my word for this: one can sim- etc.). Buckley rehashes the Vietnam War with the much more unfavorable Buck- ply listen to a presentation by historian (Castle serves but avoids combat), the Per- ley book, William F. Buckley, Jr.: Pied Clayborne Carson, the editor of King’s sian Gulf War (Castle mouths the Demo- Piper for the Establishment (2002) by John papers, who proudly admits that King cratic line of 1992 that Bush should have F. McManus, the current president of was a Marxist or at least a socialist all of toppled Saddam Hussein), and the sexual the John Birch Society. Buckley, always his adult life.) King, also according to liberation of the 1960s (there is no sex afraid of conservatism being dismissed by the conservative Birch view, was a rabble- without consequences, although there is the mainstream as a kook, fringe move- rouser who loosed forces that he neither plenty of sex in this novel). On the whole, ment of paranoid conspiracy theorists, controlled nor understood, a hypocrite The Rake is pretty thin gruel, and maybe disavowed the Birch Society in the 1960s (a womanizing Christian preacher), and after grinding out so many Blackford and has been held in disesteem by that a plagiarist. But Buckley’s view—which Oakes novels over the years, the well is group ever since. McManus’s book is was at least sympathetic to King as far starting to dry up for Buckley. It is sur- meant to expose Buckley and the entire back as 1968, long before the creation of prising how clumsy and uninspired The conservative movement as we understand the King holiday, and virtually beatific in Rake is, considering how ripe Clinton is it today as irresponsible adventurism. Ac- Nearer, My God—is very much the stan- as a subject for a good, nasty conserva- cording to McManus, Buckley was always dard liberal view. It makes one wonder tive satire. Perhaps a better title for such a an international-oriented statist, always if McManus has a point about whether book would be The Fake. #2. NY: Stokes, no dates. This #36..ed. by Elisabeth Vernon edition is accepted as the Quinn. Kenosha: Sam’l First American edition. Lowe (1917). One Hundred Years of Little Black Sambo (1899–1999) The Washington University Libraries’ Department of Special Col- lections and the Center for the Humanities will host a reception celebrating the Libraries’ acquisition of a wide-ranging collection of Little Black Sambo books and related items such as puzzles, toy dishes, games, and other objects—some 234 in all—created between 1899 and 1999. The free reception will be held 3–4 p.m., Friday, October 12 (Parents Day) in Special Collections, Olin Library, Level 1. Items from the collection will remain on view until 5 p.m. Call 314-935- 5576 by October 9 if you wish to attend or need a parking pass for the event. #49..Akron: Saalfield (1942). St. Louisan Constance Levy, author of several books for children, #127. Chicago: Donohue including SPLASH! Poems of Our Watery World, will make brief re- (1919). marks at the reception. The acquisition of this collection was made possible, in part, through her generous support. The Story of Little Black Sambo has enjoyed great popularity and stirred equally great controversy since first being published in 1899. Written by Helen Bannerman, a Scotswoman living in colonial India, Little Black Sambo has often been seen as a racist tale. It is the story of a little boy who goes out into the world with a new suit of clothes and who loses everything to ravenous tigers but manages to get his belongings back as the tigers, in a fit of jealousy, chase themselves around a tree and are transformed into butter. The collection includes a first edition of Bannerman’s book, plus #229. no place: Sam. Gabriel #62..Springfield, MA: many subsequent editions, some in other languages. Though Ban- (1930). McLoughlin (1931). nerman intended Sambo to be an Indian boy who succeeded by his wits, others rewrote her story, setting it in the South or in Africa and presenting racial stereotypes. Professor Gerald Early and others consider this collection to be im- portant for the children’s studies minor (established in 2006), because it focuses on a work pivotal in the history of children’s publishing. Little Black Sambo motivated African Americans to explore how black children should be depicted and what they should be reading. Some began to publish works of their own; these included the NAACP magazine, The Brownies Book, which ran in 1920. The Little Black Sambo collection is part of University Libraries’ #248. produced by Sifo Toys Department of Special Collections. Anyone who wishes to see it may [Minneapolis], no date. #101. NY: Simon & Schuster contact Special Collections at 314-935-5495, Monday to Friday be- (1948). tween 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. st. louis literary calendar

Events in LBB presents Patricia Hampl, poet and author Friday, October 5 of memoirs including her new book, The Florist’s October Borders welcomes Larry Matysik, as he signs his Daughter, along with Kurt Brown, poet, founding book, Brody: The Triumph and Tragedy of Wres- director of the Aspen Writers’ Conference and au- tling’s Rebel. 7pm, Borders–Creve Coeur, 11745 thor of Sincerest Flatteries. 7pm, Left Bank Books, Olive Blvd., 432-3575. 399 N. Euclid, 367-6731. All events are free unless otherwise indicated. The St. Louis Sisters in Crime presents “Make Saturday, October 6 Mine Mystery,” a Halloween party featuring sign- Author events are followed by signings. All phone Cynthia Frolichstein will sign her book Perils numbers take 314 prefix unless indicated. ings by nationally famous authors. The auction- of the Peanut Butter Kid at Main Street Books. ing off of a critique session by multipublished au- Monday, October 1 11am, Main Street Books, 307 S. Main Street, St. thors will kick off a new book club led by authors! Charles, 636-949-0105. 7:30pm, St. Charles County Library, 2750 Hwy K, The Main Street Books Book Club will meet to Main Street Books will host a book signing by O’Fallon, 636-978-7926 or www.SinCstl.org. talk about Three Cups of Tea by Greg Morten- Bobbi Smith, who will sign her newest romance son. 7pm, Main Street Books, 307 S. Main St., St. novel, Pirate’s Promise. 1pm, Main Street Books, Charles, 636-949-0105. Thursday, October 11 307 S. Main Street, St. Charles, 636-949-0105. LBB proudly presents Rose Marie Kinder, Mis- Professor and author Howard Schwartz of UMSL Borders welcomes National Security Advisor and souri novelist and author of An Absolute Gentleman. will talk about visions, soul travel, encounters with Retired U.S. Air Force Colonel Randall Larsen, 7pm, Left Bank Books, 399 N. Euclid, 367-6731. angels and demons, and many other varieties of who will discuss and sign his book Our Own Worst Jewish mystical experience based on the stories Enemy: Asking the Right Questions about Secu- in his anthology Gabriel’s Palace: Jewish Mystical Saturday, October 13 rity to Protect You, Your Family and America. 2pm, Local businessman and WU professor Keith Saw- Tales. 8pm, Lewis Room, Fontbonne University Borders–Fairview Heights, 6601 North Illinois, Library, 6800 Wydown Blvd., 889-1477. yer signs his book, Group Genius: The Creative 618-397-6097. Power of Collaboration. 2pm, Borders–Fairview Tuesday, October 2 Bottleworks in Maplewood Observable Read- Heights, 6601 North Illinois, 618-397-6097. ings presents a benefit reading featuring Troy Pius XII Memorial Library at Saint Louis Univer- Borders is pleased to present local author Kevin Jollimore and Jane O. Wayne. 8pm, Schlafly Bot- sity is holding a book discussion series. It is part Mitchell, as he signs his book, St. Louis Dad, 2pm, tleworks, 7260 Southwest Ave., 241-2337. of the “Let’s Talk about It: Jewish Literature” series, Borders–Brentwood, 1519 South Brentwood Blvd., with the theme “Neighbors: The World Next Door,” Big Read Festival to be held at St. Louis County 918-8189. and each session is led by a scholar. Red Calva- Memorial Park in Clayton. 9am–5pm, for more in- ry by Isaac Babel will be discussed. 10am, Saint formation, call 863-0291. Sunday, October 14 Louis University, 3650 Lindell Blvd., 977-3107. Borders is pleased to present author Cynthia LBB presents Andrew Mozina, author of The Sunday, October 7 Frohlichstein as she signs her book, The Perils of Women Were Leaving the Men; Jeff Hamilton, Borders presents David Clarke, who will discuss the Peanut Butter Kid. 1pm, Borders–Sunset Hills, local editor of The Delmar literary magazine; and and sign his book They Can’t Find Anything Wrong! 10990 Sunset Hills Plaza, 909-0300. Glenn Mott, author of Analects on a Chinese : 7 Keys to Understanding, Treating, and Healing Join Susan Winter Balk at Borders, where she Screen. 7pm, Left Bank Books, 399 N. Euclid, Stress Illness. 2pm, Borders–Creve Coeur, 11745 will sign her book, Vienna’s Conscience. 1pm, Bor- 367-6731. Olive Blvd., 432-3575. ders–Creve Coeur, 11745 Olive Blvd., 432-3575. Wednesday, October 3 Monday, October 8 Monday, October 15 COCA and LBB proudly present Chezia Thomp- LBB is pleased to present astrologer Laurence UMSL presents “Dialect and Regional Identity,” son Cager, poet, WU alumna, and author of Hillman, author of Planets in Play. 7pm, Left Bank with Benjamin Torbert. Professor Torbert will ex- Teaching Jean Toomer’s 1923 Cane. 7pm, COCA, Books, 399 N. Euclid, 367-6731. plore the social construction of region as it cor- 524 Trinity, 725-6555. Tuesday, October 9 relates with language variation. 12:15pm, 229 JC The Borders Book Club will meet to discuss Ob- Penney Center, UMSL, 516-5590. ject Lesson by Anna Quindlen. 7pm, Borders Café, LBB presents Janis Cooke Newman, memoir- The Main Street Books Book Club will meet to 10990 Sunset Hills Plaza, Sunset Hills, 909-0300. ist and author of Mary: Mrs. A. Lincoln. 7pm, Left talk about Glass Castle by Jeannette Wall. 7pm, Bank Books, 399 N. Euclid, 367-6731. Main Street Books, 307 S. Main Street, St. Charles, Thursday, October 4 Wednesday, October 10 636-949-0105. LBB presents Chris Finan, historian and author of LBB & SLPL are pleased to present Holly Drago, From the Palmer Raids to the Patriot Act: A History Celebrate National Black Poetry Day! An Eve- author of Hermann’s Haunts: The Wines & Spirits of the Fight for Free Speech in America. 7pm, Left ning with the Sisters~90’s Literary Group. Join of Hermann, Missouri. 7pm, SLPL–Central Branch, Bank Books, 399 N. Euclid, 367-6731. the Sisters~90’s Literary Group as they present an 1301 Olive, 241-2288. evening of poetry in honor of Jupiter Hammon, the Bottleworks in Maplewood Observable Read- first African American to be published in America. River Styx proudly presents poets Lawrence ings presents Daniel Borzutzky, Peter Davis, Born October 17, 1711, Jupiter Hammon is consid- Raab and Jeff Friedman. Admission is $5. 7:30pm, and Richard Newman. 8pm, Schlafly Bottle- ered as one of the founders of African American Duff’s Restaurant, 392 N. Euclid, 533-4541 contact works 7260 Southwest Ave., 241-2337. literature. 7pm, SLPL–Schlafly Branch, 225 N. Eu- www.riverstyx.org for more information. clid Ave., 367-4120. st. louis literary calendar

WU Writing Program of the English Department Tuesday, October 16 Sunday, October 21 continues its Fall Reading Series with visiting The Main Street Books Book Club will meet to The Bookclub will have their 381st discussion on Hurst Professor Susan Wheeler, who will read talk about We Are All Welcome Here by Elizabeth The Eyre Affair: A Thursday Next Novel by Jasper from her work, which includes Record Place, Bag Berg. 9am, Main Street Books, 307 S. Main Street, Fforde. For time and venue, visit: //www.klinedinst. ‘o’ Diamonds, and Ledger. 8pm, Hurst Lounge, St. Charles, 636-949-0105. com or call (636)451-3232. Rm. 201 Duncker Hall, WU Danforth Campus, Pius XII Memorial Library at Saint Louis Univer- Borders is pleased to welcome Lonnie Busch, as 935-7130. sity is holding a book discussion series. It is part he discusses and signs his book, Turnback Creek. of the “Let’s Talk about It: Jewish Literature” series, 2pm, Borders–Brentwood, 1519 South Brentwood Friday, October 26 with the theme “Neighbors: The World Next Door,” Blvd., 918-8189. Larry Matysik signs his book, Brody: The Triumph and each session is led by a scholar. Neighbors by St. Louis Poetry Center will hold its Sunday and Tragedy of Wrestling’s Rebel. 7pm, Borders– Jan T. Gross will be discussed. 10am, Saint Louis Workshop. This week the guest poet/critic will be Brentwood, 1519 South Brentwood Blvd., 918-8189. University, 3650 Lindell Blvd., 977-3107. Catherine Rankovic. It is not necessary to submit The Tuesday Night Writer’s Critique Group will a poem, but all submitted poems will receive writ- Saturday, October 27 meet to read and critique one another’s work. All ten comments. 1:30pm, University City Library Au- Hosted by Main Street Books, Lisa Lindley will writers are welcome. 7pm, Barnes & Noble, 9618 ditorium, 973-0616. To submit a poem, visit http:// sign Never Alone, her memoir about living in a Watson Road, [email protected] for www.stlouispoetrycenter.org/workshops. haunted house. 12pm, Main Street Books, 307 S. more information. Main Street, St. Charles, 636-949-0105. Monday, October 22 Join SLPL–Buder Book Discussion Group. The Wednesday, October 17 LBB welcomes Lonnie Busch, southern fiction group meets every 4th Saturday of the month. 1pm, UMSL will present the prolific and award-winning writer and author of Turnback Creek. 7pm, Left Buder Branch, 4410 Hampton Ave, 352-2900. poet Jeff Friedman, who will read from his work in Bank Books, 399 N. Euclid, 367-6731. Ellen Dugan will sign her newest book, Natural Gallery 210. 7pm, UMSL, 44 E. Drive, One Univer- St. Louis Jewish Book Festival kicks off with a Witchery. 2pm, Main Street Books, 307 S. Main sity Blvd., 516-5590. preview event featuring Abraham Foxman with Street, St. Charles, 636-949-0105. LBB and SLCL are pleased to welcome Hamp- The Deadliest Lies. Cost is $15. 7:30pm, Jewish Poet Steve Schreiner and essayist/poet Cath- ton Sides, author of Blood and Thunder. 7pm, Community Center, #2 Millstone Campus Drive. erine Rankovic team up for a Words on Purpose SLCL–Headquarters Branch, 1640 S. Lindbergh, Call 442-3299 for information and tickets. reading to raise money for Missouri Coalition for 994-3300. Duffs Restaurant will host Songteller: Poems and the Environment. 4pm, Black Bear Bakery, 2639 Songs of Bob Dyer. Songs and poems of Bob Dyer Cherokee, 773-0115. Thursday, October 18 will be performed and read by his friends and fans, Local author and WU professor Mary Jo Bang ap- including many well-known Missouri musicians and Monday, October 29 pears at LBB to discuss and sign her book, Elegy. poets. 8pm, 392 N. Euclid Ave., 361-0522. UMSL presents assistant professor of film from Bos- 7pm, Left Bank Books, 399 N. Euclid, 367-6731. ton University, Debbie Danielpour, with “Inspiration, LBB and SLCL are pleased to present Edward P. Tuesday, October 23 Imitation, Forgery: The Role of Originality in the Arts.” Jones, Pulitzer Prize–winning fiction writer and au- Sisters in Crime presents “An Evening with the 12:15pm, 229 JC Penney Center, 516-5590. thor of All Aunt Hagar’s Children. 7pm, SLCL–Head- Poison Lady: Luci H. Zahray.” Luci Zahray, a reg- Fontbonne University welcomes award-winning quarters Branch, 1640 S. Lindbergh, 994-3300. istered pharmacist with a master’s degree in toxi- memoirist and poet Alan Shapiro, who will read cology, works with authors to tell them how to kill University of Missouri Columbia’s Center for from Writing Increaseth Rage: A Jewish-American someone in literature. 6:30pm, Barnes & Noble, the Literary Arts will host a reading by Bret Lott, Writer’s Take on Memoir and other works of nonfic- 9618 Watson Road, 843-9480. For more informa- author of Jewel, Reed’s Beach, and A Stranger’s tion and poetry. 8pm, Lewis Room of Fontbonne tion, www.SinCstl.org. House, along with many others. 7:30pm, Reynolds Library, 6800 Wydown Blvd. He will also lead a Alumni Center, 573-884-7775. LBB welcomes Ursula Goodenough, WU profes- panel discussion at 4:30pm on “Writing Jews” in sor, molecular biologist, and author of The Sacred the library board room. Friday, October 19 Depths of Nature. 7pm, Left Banks Books, 399 N. University of Missouri Columbia’s Center for the Euclid, 367-6731. Tuesday, October 30 Literary Arts will host a lecture given by Bret Lott, St. Louis Poetry Center will host a free read- Pius XII Memorial Library at Saint Louis Univer- author of Jewel, Reed’s Beach, and A Stranger’s ing at The Focal Point. This month’s readers will sity is holding a book discussion series. It is part of House, along with many others. 4:00pm, location be Matt Freeman and WU art professor Edward the “Let’s Talk About It: Jewish Literature” series, TBA, 573-884-7775. Boccia. 7:30pm, 2720 Sutton Blvd., Maplewood, with the theme “Neighbors: The World Next Door,” 636-225-5423. and each session is led by a scholar. The Assistant Saturday, October 20 by Bernard Malamud will be discussed. 10am, Saint The Mystery Lover’s Book Club will meet. 10am, Thursday, October 25 Louis University, 3650 Lindell Blvd., 977-3107. SLPL–Carondelet Branch, 6800 Michigan Ave., Join the SLPL–Schlafly Branch Book Discussion WU Writing Program of the English Department 752-9224. Group as they read and discuss a diverse selec- continues its Fall Reading Series with visiting Author Alfie Thompson presents an “About a Story” tion of contemporary literature on the 4th Thursday Hurst Professor Susan Wheeler, who will lecture workshop to the Missouri Romance Writers. 11am, of each month. The title for October is The Tender on the craft of poetry. 8pm, Hurst Lounge, Barnes & Noble, 9618 Watson Road, 843-9480. Bar: A Memoir by J.R. Moehringer. 7pm, SLPL– Rm. 201 Duncker Hall, WU Danforth Schlafly Branch, 367-4120. Campus, 935-7130. The Center for the Humanities Advisory Board 2007–2008 Nancy Berg Associate Professor of Asian and Near Larry May Eastern Languages and Literatures Notices Professor of Philosophy Ken Botnick The Saint Louis University Library Associates will pres- Steven Meyer Associate Professor of Art ent the 2007 Saint Louis Literary Award to noted nov- Associate Professor of English Gene Dobbs Bradford elist, critic, and Washington University professor emeritus Angela Miller William H. Gass. 5pm Wednesday, October 24, in the Executive Director of Professor of Art History and Archaeology Jazz St. Louis Anheuser-Busch Auditorium of SLU’s John Cook School of Dolores Pesce Lingchei (Letty) Chen Business. The program is free and open to the public. For Professor and Chair of Department of information, call 977-3100. Associate Professor of Modern Chinese Music Language and Literature Howard Schwartz, professor of English at UMSL, will lead Joe Pollack Elizabeth Childs an intimate poetry workshop. Registration is $50, payable Film and Theater Critic for KWMU, Associate Professor and Chair of Writer by October 22. Location TBA. For information or to register, Department of Art History and contact Marilyn Probe at 991-1529 or email poet@elders- Archaeology Sarah Rivett Assistant Professor of English probe-the-arts.org. Mary-Jean Cowell Join students from Harris Stowe State University’s Entre- Associate Professor of Performing Arts James Wertsch Marshall S. Snow Professor of Arts and Michael Kahn preneurs Book Club as they discuss the book Do You! by Sciences Russell Simmons. This group meets the 3rd Thursday of Attorney at Law Director of International and Area each month to discuss a book and hear a speaker share Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin LLP Studies Chris King on a topic that will help them become successful business Ex Officio leaders and entrepreneurs. Everyone is welcome. 4:30pm, Editorial Director The St. Louis American Newspaper Edward S. Macias 4415 Natural Bridge Ave., St. Louis, 383-3021. There is also Executive Vice Chancellor and Dean Olivia Lahs-Gonzales a book discussion group every 4th Saturday of the month. of Arts & Sciences, 1pm, Buder Branch, 4410 Hampton Ave, 352-2900. Director Barbara and David Thomas Sheldon Art Galleries Distinguished Professor in Arts and Paula Lupkin Sciences Abbreviations Assistant Professor of Architecture B&N: Barnes & Noble; LBB: Left Bank Books; SLCL: St. Zurab Karumidze Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia Louis County Library; SLPL: St. Louis Public Library; Arts International Fellow SCCCL: St. Charles City County Library; UCPL: Universi- ty City Public Library, WU: Washington University, WGPL: Webster Groves Public Library. Check the online calendar at cenhum.artsci.wustl.edu for more events and additional details. To advertise, send event details to [email protected], or call 935-5576. Financial assistance for this project has been provided by the Missouri Arts Coun- cil, a state agency, and the Regional Arts Commission.

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