Resources for Teachers and Students

We are pleased to offer the following online resources to encourage teachers and students to enhance their engagement with the Lowell Humanities Series. We encourage you to adopt our speakers' most recent book as well as shorter essays and contextual material as part of your syllabi. Additionally, the resources below can be paired or used separately to fit a single class or a longer unit. These links allow听students to watch a Youtube video, or听read a short essay听or interview, before or after one of our events. Teachers might also consider using听these听resources in conjunction with evening reflection activities,听or opportunities for reviews/reports during or beyond class-time. For speakers book titles, please see their听bios. Articles in academic journals are available to members of the 51茶馆 community through the听library webpage.

Sy Montgomery

Sy Montgomery

鈥淪ecrets of the Octopus鈥�
November 20, 2024
7:00 p.m. | Gasson Hall 100


Interviews:

  • Boston Public Radio: 鈥楽ecrets of the Octopus鈥� Demystifies the Surprisingly Social Undersea Creatures听

Reviews:

  • The Wall Street Journal: 鈥楽ecrets of the Octopus鈥� Review: Nat Geo鈥檚 Tentacle Spectacle听
  • The New York Times: What Can Writers Learn From Turtles听
  • NPR: In 'Soul Of An Octopus,' An Invertebrate Steals Our Hearts听
  • The Guardian: A Fond Study of the Elusive 鈥楢lien鈥�听
  • Yankee: The World of Sy Montgomery听

Articles:

  • Orion: Deep Intellect听

Excerpts:

  • Literary Hub: Familiar Yet Strange: Why Turtles Are Worth Saving听
  • Literary Hub: What Animals Can Show Us About More Meaningfully Encountering the Wider World听
Amy Stanley

Amy Stanley

鈥淪tranger in the Shogun鈥檚 City:听From the Archive to the Page鈥�
September 11, 2024
7:00 p.m. | Gasson Hall 100

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Interviews

  • The Meiji at 150 Project (podcast): Episode 25 鈥� Dr. Amy Stanley (Northwestern)听
  • Asian Review of Books (podcast): Stranger in the Shogun鈥檚 City: A Japanese Woman and her World听

Reviews

  • The Guardian: A Woman's Life in 19th-Century Japan听
  • The Washington Post: A Headstrong Woman, a Dazzling City and the Fate of Feudal Japan听

Articles

  • Slate: Writing the History of Sexual Assault in the Age of #MeToo听
Rita Duffy

Rita Duffy

鈥淵ou Can鈥檛 Hope for a Better Past鈥�
September 25, 2024
7:00 p.m. | Gasson Hall 100


Interviews:

  • INNATE: Moving from Injustice to Generating Alternatives: An Interview with Rita Duffy听
  • B51茶馆 Two (video): Rita Duffy: Portrait of an Artist听

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Reviews:

  • Ireland and the North: Severance: Rita Duffy鈥檚 Paintings and the Affective Arctic听听
  • Review of Irish Studies in Europe: Reknitting Communities: Rita Duffy鈥檚 Vital Gestures听
Camille Dungy

Camille Dungy

鈥淪oil: The Story of a Black Mother's Garden鈥�
October 9, 2024
7:00 p.m. | Gasson Hall 100


Interviews:

  • Brooklyn Botanic Garden: Camille Dungy on Gardening as a Political Act听
  • The Rumpus: Broadening the Scope of the Environmental Canon: An听 Interview with Camille T. Dungy听
  • Orion: Radiant Thinking: A Conversation between Pam Houston and Camille T. Dungy听
  • Terrain: Radical Communion: An Interview with Camille T. Dungy听
  • The Nation: Camille Dungy on the Bewildering Wonder of Rewilding听
  • Literary Hub: Camille T. Dungy: Against the Isolated Nature Writer听

Reviews:

  • The Nation: The Pleasure and Peril of Gardening While Black听
  • Terrain: Lessons in Quotidian Honesty: A Review of Soil: The Story of a Black Mother鈥檚 Garden听
  • The Brooklyn Rail: Camille T. Dungy鈥檚 Soil: The Story of a Black Mother鈥檚 Garden听
  • Good River Review: Naming Who's Related in the Garden: A Review of SOIL by Camille T. Dungy听

Articles:

  • The Atlantic: Housekeeping is Part of the Wild World Too听
  • Literary Hub: The Small Mercies of Traveling With a Baby听
  • Literary Hub: On Alabama鈥檚 Dark History of Brutalizing Black Women鈥檚 Bodies听

Excerpts:

  • The Colorado Sun: In 鈥淪oil,鈥� the Broad Biodiversity of the Author鈥檚 Garden Takes Root听
  • Emergence: From Dirt听
  • Orion: Dirt: A Love Story听
  • The Nation: Remembering a honeymoon hike near Drakes Bay, California, while I cook our dinner at the feet of Colorado鈥檚 Front Range听
  • Literary Hub: 鈥淭his鈥檒l hurt me more鈥�: A Poem by Camille T. Dungy听
Orna Guralnik

Orna Guralnik

"Love and Ideology鈥澨�
October 16, 2024
7:00 p.m. | Gasson Hall 100


Interviews:

  • Interview Magazine: Orna Guralnik of Couples Therapy on Her Valentine鈥檚 Day Do鈥檚 and Don鈥檛s听
  • Elle: Couples Therapy's Dr. Orna Guralnik Knows You're Watching Her听
  • Variety (video): 鈥楥ouples Therapy鈥� Psychologist Orna Guralnik on Shifting to a 鈥楶olitical Agenda鈥� in the New Season听

Reviews:

  • The New Yorker: The Therapist Remaking Our Love Lives on TV听
  • The New York Times: On 鈥楥ouples Therapy,鈥� Domestic Angst Is Raw and Delicious听
  • Vanity Fair: In Its Next Act, Couples Therapy Takes On Modern, Messy Love听
  • The Atlantic: Therapy Voyeurism Really Might Be Doing Some Good听
  • The Guardian: I鈥檝e Seen Everything as a Counsellor. But Couples Therapy Still Has Me Gripped听

Articles:

  • The New York Times Magazine: I鈥檓 a Couples Therapist. Something New Is Happening in Relationships.听
Reuben Jonathan Miller

Reuben Jonathan Miller

鈥淢ass Incarceration, Voting Rights, and Citizenship鈥�
November 13, 2024
7:00 p.m. | Gasson Hall 100


Interviews:

  • Fresh Air: Out Of Prison But Still Trapped: Examining The 'Afterlife' Of Incarceration听
  • Marketplace: Transforming the Post-Incarceration Experience听

Reviews:

  • The Washington Post: For 20 Million Felons, the Punishment Never Stops听
  • The New York Times: Nearly 20 Million Americans Have a Felony Record. What Happens After They鈥檝e Served Their Time?听

Articles:

  • 听Politico Magazine: How Thousands of American Laws Keep People 鈥業mprisoned鈥� Long After They鈥檙e Released听

Excerpts:

  • Time: You Have One Minute Remaining.鈥� Why I鈥檒l Always Drop Everything to Answer My Brother鈥檚 Calls From Prison听
Sy Montgomery

Sy Montgomery

鈥淪ecrets of the Octopus鈥�
November 20, 2024
7:00 p.m. | Gasson Hall 100


Interviews:

  • Boston Public Radio: 鈥楽ecrets of the Octopus鈥� Demystifies the Surprisingly Social Undersea Creatures听

Reviews:

  • The Wall Street Journal: 鈥楽ecrets of the Octopus鈥� Review: Nat Geo鈥檚 Tentacle Spectacle听
  • The New York Times: What Can Writers Learn From Turtles听
  • NPR: In 'Soul Of An Octopus,' An Invertebrate Steals Our Hearts听
  • The Guardian: A Fond Study of the Elusive 鈥楢lien鈥�听
  • Yankee: The World of Sy Montgomery听

Articles:

  • Orion: Deep Intellect听

Excerpts:

  • Literary Hub: Familiar Yet Strange: Why Turtles Are Worth Saving听
  • Literary Hub: What Animals Can Show Us About More Meaningfully Encountering the Wider World听
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