Honors 102: the Self, (Human) Nature, and the Cosmos
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TEXTs
Goodall, Jane and Douglas Abrams. The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times. Celadon, 2021. [Amazon | B&N | Kindle | Apple Books]
Frayn, Michael. Copenhagen. Anchor, 1998. [Amazon | B&N | Kindle | Apple Books]
Unamuno, Miguel de. Abel Sánchez and Other Stores. Translated by Anthony Kerrigan, Regnery, 1996. [Amazon | B&N | Kindle | Apple Books]
Butler, Octavia E. Parable of the Sower. Grand Central, 1993. [Amazon | B&N | Kindle | Apple Books]
Mendoza, Eduardo. No Word from Gurb. Translated by Nick Caistor, Telegram, 2013. [Amazon | B&N]
Recommended (but not required): O’Connor, Patricia. Woe Is I: The Grammarphobe’s Guide to Better English in Plain English. 4th Edition. Riverhead, 2019. [Amazon | B&N | Kindle | Apple Books]
Thesis Writing
Dr. Klodt’s Video: Developing A Thesis Statement
Dr. Klodt's Slidedeck: Example Thesis
UWisconsin: Developing A Thesis Statement
Logical Fallacies + Cognitive Biases + Cognitive Bias Codex
Joseph Pattison "How to Write an F Paper" (1982)
Alice Yang “Making the Transition from High School to College Essay Writing” (2018)
MLA FORMATTING
Dr. Klodt's Video: Introduction to MLA Formatting | Dr. Klodt's Slidedeck: Intro to MLA Formatting
Dr. Klodt’s Video: Common Errors in MLA Formatting
MLA Handbook 9th Edition | MLA Style Center | MLA Works Cited Quick Guide
UPurdue: Guide to MLA Formatting
MLA Digital Interactive Template | Blank Template | Dr. Klodt's Annotated Template
AUTHORS, artists & their WORKs
Jane Goodall + Douglas Abrams The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times (2021)
Jane Goodall
Jane Goodall: Born London 1934
Douglas Abrams: Born New York 1967
Website | Biography | Bibliography | YouTube
Jane Goodall Hopecast | Jane Goodall Institue
James Ellsmoor “United States Spends Ten Times More on Fossil Fuel Subsidies Than Education” (Forbes 15 June 2019)
Bill Chappell “Australia’s Wildfires Spark Disinformation Battle as They Take a Tragic Toll” (NPR 10 January 2020)
Animated Graphs: What’s Really Warming the World? (Bloomberg 24 June 2015)
michael frayn copenhagen (1998)
Born Mill Hill, London 1933
Celia Henry Arnaud "Nuclear Forensics Solves Nazi Mystery" (Chemical & Engineering News 2015)
Jennifer Ouellette “A Tale of Lost WW2 Uranium Cubes Shows Why Germany’s Nuclear Program Failed” (ArsTechnica 2019)
Fay Voshell "Breaking Bad and the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle" (American Thinker 2013)
“Schödinger’s Cat Could Be Saved, Say Scientists” (The Guardian 2019)
Los cronocrímenes (Nacho vigalondo 2007)
Born Cabezón de Sal, Cantabria, Spain 1977
Artist + Technical Info: Los cronocrímenes (2007)
Video Trailer Los cronocrímenes (2007)
Movie Poster Los cronocrímenes (2007)
Nacho Vigalondo Interview | Filmography | Twitter
Illustration: Simple Timeline of Los cronocrímenes
Illustration: Complex Timeline of Los cronocrímenes
Stephen Hawking "Space and Time Warps" (1999)
James Miller "Five Bizarre Paradoxes of Time Travel Explained" (Astronomy Trek 20 December 2014)
Momia rosa (Enrique Baliñas Fernández 2015): A short film horror/comedy/parody response to Los cronocrímenes
Blondie "Picture This" (1978) + Lyrics
primer (shane carruth 2004)
Born Myrtle Beach, South Carolina 1972
Artist + Technical Info: Primer (2004)
Video Trailer 1 + Trailer 2 Primer (2004)
Movie Poster Primer (2004)
Shane Carruth Biography | Interview
Illustration: Intro to Time Travel in Primer
Illustration: Simplified Timeline of Primer
Illustration: Moderately Complex Timeline of Primer
Illustration: Complex Timeline of Primer
Illustration: Ridiculously Complex Timeline of Primer
Video: Primer An Illustrated Explanation
Video: Understanding Primer in Six Minutes
Video: Primer Deobfuscated: A Plot Guide
Screenplay of Shane Carruth's A Topiary
Screenplay of Shane Carruth’s The Modern Ocean
Tim de Chant “Big Bang May Have Created a Universe Where Time Runs Backwards” (PBS.org 8 December 2014)
SARAH MAPLE: VISUAL ARTIST
Born Sussex, England 1986
Christie Chu "British Artist Sarah Maple Receives Death Threats for Art About Feminism and Islam" (Artnet News 2015)
Ted Talk: Sarah Maple "The Freedom to Be Challenged" (2017)
"Fighting Fire With Fire #2" (2007) + "White Girl" (2007) + "I Heart Orgasms" (2008) + "The New Black" (2008) + "Haram" (2008) + "God Is A Feminist" (2013) + "I Love Jihad" (2007) + "You" (2007) + "Blue, Badges, Burka" (2007) + "Sharia Law 1" (2007) + "Sharia Law 2" (2008) + "Sharia Law 3" (2009)
"Using My Intelligence" (2007) + "I've Got Status Anxiety" (2009) + "Ballerina" (2011) + "Lollypop Lollypop" (2011) + "Menstruate With Pride" (2010-2011) + "An Artist and A Female Artist" (2012)
"Opposite to a Feminist" (2009) + "Recovering Misogynist" (2010) + "I Am an Edgy Contemporary Artist" (2011) + "Minimum" (2007) + "You Could Have Done This" (2008) + "Art Is Crap" (2007) + "Passport" (2007) + "Instant Feminist Kit" (2013)
"Sleeping Beauty Performs an Operation" (2011) + "Snow White The Scientist" (2011) + "Cinderella Graduation" (2011) + “Ariel Conducts a Business Meeting” (2011) + “Judge Jasmine” (2011)
Miguel de Unamuno San Manuel Bueno, Mártir (1931)
Bilbao, Vizcaya, Euskadi 1864 - Salamanca, Spain 1936
Text of San Manuel Bueno, Mártir
Pablo Picasso “La ciencia y la caridad” (1897) + “El viejo guitarrista ciego” (1903) + “Mujer joven delante de un espejo” (1932)
Salvador Dalí “La persistencia de la memoria" (1931) + “Construcción blanda con judías hervidas” (1936) + “Niño geopolítico mirando el nacimiento del hombre nuevo” (1943)
PACO POMET: PAINTER
Paco Pomet
Born Granada, Spain 1970
"Internacional" (2008) + "Alas" (2011) + "The Cure" (2011) + "Emprendedores" (2012) + "Naufragio" (2012) + "Snow White" (2012) + "Frontera" (2013) + "Gosh" (2013) + "Rojo" (2014) + "OutsideIn" (2014)
"Nostalgia" (2011) + "El carro" (2011) + "Horns and Tails" (2011) + "SunDay" (2012) + "Octubre" (2013) + "La pesadilla de Noé" (2013) + "Desembarco" (2014) + "Fail" (2015) + "El huerto" (2015)
"Él" (2009) + "Prácticas" (2010) + "Operación rosa" (2013) + "Neutral" (2013)
"Paco Pomet: Entusiasmo provocador" (Interview in Spanish 2017)
Octavia E. butler Parable of the sower (1993)
Octavia Butler
Pasadena 1947 - Lake Forest Park, Washington 2006
Biography | Commentated Bibliography
Parable of the Sower Character Index
“Octavia E. Butler: A Visionary Among Futurists” (CNN 2018)
Lalita Tademy “Before Cormac McCarthy: Octavia Butler’s Feminist, Dystopian Novel” (OffTheShelf.com 2015)
Video: Interview with Octavia Bulter: Transcending Barriers (2018)
ARCHIBALD MOTELY: HARLEM RENAISSANCE PAINTER
Archibald Motley
New Orleans 1891 - Chicago 1981
Biography | Art Works | Exhibition at Whitney Museum
"Blues" (1929) + "Jazz Singers" (1934) + "Hot Rhythm" (1961)
"Cocktails" (1926) + "Black Belt" (1934) + "Street Scene Chicago" (1936) + "The Picnic" (1936) + "The Liar" (1936) + "Nightlife" (1943)
"Barbeque" (1934) + "Barbeque" (1960)
"The First One Hundred Years" (1963-1972)
"Tongues (Holy Rollers)" (1929) + "Gettin' Religion" (1948)
"Portrait of My Grandmother" (1922) + "Brown Girl After Bath" (1931) + "Self Portrait: Myself at Work" (1933)
Beverly McIver: Painter
Born Greensboro, North Carolina 1962
Raising Renee (Jeanne Jordan and Steven Ascher 2011) | Stream Raising Renee on Amazon Prime
Interview: Bev McIver on Painting, Family and Fragility (The Chronicle 15 June 2015)
Penelope Green "At Home with the Artist: Beverly McIver Painting on a New Canvas" (The New York Times 8 February 2012)
Video: Beverly McIver on Her Painting "Depression"
Video: Beverly McIver: Worthy of Winning
Video: Beverly McIver Discusses Her Artistic Process
"Depression" (2010) + "Depression #1" (2010) + "Eyes Wide Open" (2013)
"Momma Holding Renee" (2003) + "Embrace" (2005) + "Renee Moving Out" (2011) + "Can You Hear My Silent Scream" (2004) + "Embracing #2" (2006) + "Feeling Sharon's Pain #1" (2013) + "Feeling Sharon's Pain #2" (2013)
"I Look Like My Mother" (2008) + "Coming Home" (2008) + "Finding Peace" (2009) + "Self Portrait #6" (2011) + "Truly Grateful" (2011) + "Mom's Love" (2011) + "Double Take" (2013) "Quiet Stare" (2013) + "Bill" (2013)
"Dorothy" (2013) + "Dorothy P's Red Sunglasses" (2013)
"Do You Think I'm Pretty" (2002) + "Dora's Dance" (2002) + "Untitled" (2002)
Extraterrestre (nacho vigalondo 2011)
Born Cabezón de Sal, Cantabria, Spain 1977
Artist + Technical Info: Extraterrestre (2011)
Video Trailer Extraterrestre (2011)
Movie Poster 1 + Poster 2 + Poster 3 Extraterrestre (2011)
Nacho Vigalondo Interview (Electric Sheep 2 May 2009)
Carl Sagan "The Pale Blue Dot"
John Michael Godier YouTube Channel
Documentary Film: The Wow Signal (Bob Dawson 2017)
Scene from Casablanca “Here’s looking at you, kid” (Michael Curtiz 1942)
DOMINGO (Nacho vigalondo 2005)
Domingo (Nacho Vigalondo 2005)
Born Cabezón de Sal, Cantabria, Spain 1977
Artist + Technical Info: Domingo (2005)
Video Domingo (2005)
John Michael Godier YouTube Channel
Documentary Film: The Wow Signal (Bob Dawson 2017)
Eduardo Mendoza No word from gurb (1991)
JEN DAVIS: PHOTOGRAPHER
Born Akron, Ohio 1978
"Pressure Point" (2002) + "Midnight Snack" (2003) + "Seconds" (2003) + "Conforming" (2003) + "What Was Left" (2007)
"Fantasy No. 1" (2005) + "New Haven Bedroom" (2007) + "Steve and I" (2006) + "Tim and I" (2013) + "Aldo and I in Bed" (2013)
"Untitled No. 11" (2003) + "Untitled No. 20" (2005) + "Untitled No. 21" (2006) + "Untitled No. 47" (2012)
Mery Sales: Painter
Mery Sales
Born Valencia, Spain 1970
"De-rota" (1996) + "Juegos y adivinanzas" (1997)
"Esperpento" (1999) + "Manual del comediante" (2000)
"Sonambulista" (1999) + "Teoría del naufragio" (2000) + "Acto II" (2000)
"Vuelo" (1999) + "Umbría" (2000) + "Mujer elefante" (2002)
Ecocidos (2013): "Me ahogo" + "Hace frío" + "Tengo sed" + "Sufro" + "Muerdo" + "Muero"
CURVAS (DAvid GalÁn Galindo 2012)
Curvas (David Galán Galindo 2012)
Born Ávila, Castilla y León, Spain 1982
Artist + Technical Info: Curvas (2012)
Video Curvas (2012)
Movie Poster 1 + Poster 2 Curvas (2012)
HISTORIAS DE LO COTIDIANO (FERNANDO GONZÁLEZ GÓMEZ 2016)
Historias de lo cotidiano (Fernando González Gómez 2016)
Born Madrid, Spain 1984
Artist + Technical Info: Historias de lo cotidiano (2016)
