Entries Published On July, 2019
in Brazil
Foray into Brazilian Literature: Machado de Assis’s Mordant Ironica
Machado de Assis’s the central figure of Brazilian literature, he wrote most of his work between 1870 and 1908, and in 2018 Liveright published a swollen (960 pages!) new English translation of his collected stories. For a taste of this work, consider two stories that depict characters of a certain type serving as their own …
Treating Classes Like Gatherings, Part Three: Ending Well(If you haven’t read part one, on establishing purpose, or part two, on facilitating well, I’d [keep reading...]
Treating Classes Like Gatherings, Part Two: Teaching With Generous Authority(If you haven’t read part one, about establishing purpose, consider starting there.) After [keep reading...]
Why Teachers Should Consider Their Classes “Gatherings”Priya Parker’s The Art of Gathering, a book that, as the subtitle suggests, takes up the subject of [keep reading...]