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 Odyssey
By: Homer, trans. Robert Fagles (London: Viking Penguin, 1996)
Summary:
Over 2,700 years ago Homer ...
Contagion
Directed by: Scott Z. Burns
Contagion reflects the values of a prevalent segment of our society: those ...
Locke
Directed by: Steven Knight
Sometimes a movie’s makers take the chance to do something innovative in the ...
Their Eyes Were Watching God
By: Zora Neale Hurston (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1937)
Summary:
One of the preeminent writers of ...
A Place at the Table
Magnolia Pictures, 2012; Directed by Kristi Jacobson & Lori Silverbush; Music by The Civil Wars & T Bone ...
Bridge of Spies
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Bridge of Spies is a fine film, and demonstrates Steven Spielberg, who ...
The Poisonwood Bible
By: Barbara Kingsolver (New York: HarperCollins, 1998)
Summary:
The five members of the Price ...
The Decline of the Secular University
By: John Sommerville (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006)
Summary:
Are American universities equipped ...
The Hateful Eight
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
I won’t say much about The Hateful Eight for a number of reasons. Anyone who ...
Straight Outta Compton
Directed by: F. Gary Gray
Straight Outta Compton has been one of the greatest box office surprises of the ...
Sicario
Directed by: Denis Villeneuve
Sicario, we are told in an opening placard of the movie by that name, comes ...
Be Happy in Your Work
Brooks, Arthus "A Formula for Happiness" The New York Times (December 14, 2013)
Happiness has suffered a bad ...