Category Archives: Classics

The Thinker Waits

Posted on May 12, 2018 by carto

One of my favorite places to visit and take photos is the Cantor Art Center, home of the Rodin collection. Lets walk around the museum: Cheers, Carto Check out other WordPress bloggers favorite places, here.

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Admiration — Libraries and Antiquarians

Posted on May 1, 2016 by carto

Admiration: I like a big sprawling library with open stacks, and Green Library is one of my favorites. Thousands and thousands of books on shelves to pull out and browse. There is a light on in the stacks; maybe someone is browsing. … Continue reading →

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Seeds of Evolution — Romantic or Scientific?

Posted on April 4, 2014 by carto

Free books, I like free books and what better place to pick one up than the University of Chicago Press. Just in time for Spring, the free book for April is An Orchard Invisible, which opens with this poem fragment … Continue reading →

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Anne Carson: The Return of Geryon

Posted on November 2, 2013 by carto

Once upon a time in Erytheia, an island off the west coast of what we now call Spain, there lived a monster who had a valuable herd of red cattle. The monster was called Geryon by the ancient Greek poets: … Continue reading →

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Love, Murder and Ritual Execution: Atwood and Homer Telling the Tale

Posted on April 10, 2012 by carto

Odysseus’ boat riding the waves of Penelope’s flowing hair, illustration by Sarah Burgess Cherry. Once upon a time, in the tiny island kingdom of Ithaca off the coast of Greece, Penelope ruled while her husband Odysseus was away: first he … Continue reading →

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Celebrating Gabriel García Márquez And Ice

Posted on March 6, 2012 by carto

Gabriel García Márquez was born on this day (March 6) in 1927 in Aracataca, Colombia; he is 85 years old. In Spanish, only Cervantes is more widely read than García Márquez. García Márquez is a storyteller and one of his … Continue reading →

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Gertrude Stein: The Novel Ida, Fame and Celebrity

Posted on February 29, 2012 by carto

Alice B. Toklas was 29 years old in 1908 when she left her home in San Francisco for Paris. She met Gertrude Stein the day she arrived in Paris and the star struck Toklas was moved to write: “She was … Continue reading →

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The Bicentennial Of Charles Dickens’ Birth

Posted on February 8, 2012 by carto

On the 7th of February in 1812, 200 years ago, a boy was born to Mrs. Dickens in a village 80 miles outside of London. The boy was named Charles and would grow up to be an eminent author in the … Continue reading →

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Merry Christmas—In Song

Posted on December 25, 2011 by carto

Christmas Day is when an eclectic mix of holiday music fills Carto’s Library. This year’s playlist is anchored by Oscar Peterson, and includes songs by Sting , The Swingle Singers, Loreena McKennitt and Liz Anderson. Liz Anderson, a Nashville favorite, … Continue reading →

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Thornton Wilder: Our Town Survives Deconstruction

Posted on November 17, 2011 by carto

The house dims, the curtain opens and the stage lights come up; revealed at the back of the bare stage is an older man in white dinner jacket that shines brightly in the stage lighting. He is the Stage Manager. … Continue reading →

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