Resources
We invite you to browse the Consortium’s collection of resources on articles, books and movies, as well as the discussion guides designed to spark discussion among students and others.
The Giver
By: Lois Lowry (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1993)
Summary:
Jonas lives in a society where pain has been ...
Life, the Universe and Everything
Beauty for Truth’s Sake: On the Re-enchantment of Education By: Stratford Caldecott (Brazos Press, ...
In Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences
By: Truman Capote (New York: Random House, 1966).
Summary:
“Clutter, his wife, and their two teen-age ...
The Poisonwood Bible
By: Barbara Kingsolver (New York: HarperCollins, 1998)
Summary:
The five members of the Price ...
The Descendants
Directed by: Alexander Payne
In this year’s presentations of my annual lecture on the Academy Award ...
Joy
Directed by: David O. Russell
The possibilities of this Jennifer-Lawrence-starrer were immense. Joy is the ...
To Kill a Mockingbird
Universal Pictures, 1962; Directed by Robert Mulligan; Starring Gregory Peck, Mary Badham, & Phillip Alford; ...
Welcome to the University
Trube, Bob "The University Today: Challenges and Opportunities" Emerging Scholars Blog (July 30, 2015)
This ...
The Song of the Heart
The Complete Poems By: Christina Rossetti (Penguin Classics, 2001)
On Easter Sunday morning this year, I ...
I’ll See You in my Dreams
Directed by: Brett Haley
Old folks movies didn’t all used to be comedies about broken down hotels in India ...
Self, Sourcing and Society
The Outsourced Self: Intimate Life in Market Times By: Arlie Russell Hochschild (Metropolitan Books, ...
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
By: Laura Hillenbrand (New York: Random House, 2010).
Summary:
Louie Zamperini was a lieutenant in a ...