Roger M. Jones Journal

A professor of humanities at the University of Michigan College of Engineering, Roger M. Jones (d. 1977) was dedicated to teaching his students the profound human value of literature, and poetry in particular. A memorial fund at the College sponsors a fellowship for an engineering student to study humanities for a year at a European university. This journal follows the Roger M. Jones Fellow in his or her studies abroad. Mr. Daniel Connors is the 2013-2014 fellow.

Sunday, October 27, 2013

Readings, Watchings, Listenings

I've been taking a lot in recently, largely not for class (sorry, Roger). I'd like someday to distill all this that I've been devouring into something new and stubbornly mine, but until such time as I know how I'll leave a list here.

- The Sun Also Rises, Ernest Hemingway, 1926

- Superman Comes to the Supermarket, Norman Mailer in Esquire, 1960

- Annie Hall, Woody Allen, 1977 (movie)

- Ta-Nehisi Coates' blog on The Atlantic

- this short story by Tao Lin, 2007

- Content, Rem Koolhaas, 2004

- Reflektor, Arcade Fire, 2013 (album)

- this article about Jonathan Lethem's Chronic City

- a chapter on Gerhard Richter from Briony Fer's The Infinite Line, 2004