I was invited some time ago by a former student, Miguel Quinto, to give a short talk to the students of the Amber Center. I must confess that when Miguel first asked me to give a talk, I was all "talked out": my many commitments delivering talks on a wide variety of topics, as part of my extension work for the University and my apostolate, left me all tapped out. Which is why I found it providential that when Miguel (a proper and serious lad) sent a formal letter inviting me to give a talk, I finally stumbled on a worthy topic to give a talk on, courtesy of the students inviting me: "Love in Literature".
My students never believe me when I say this, but more often than not, we learn more from them than they ever do from us, their teachers. Of course, I'm still in shock. How could I not have given a talk on "Love in Literature"? To make amends for this deliberate (and I suspect, divinely ordained "D'oh!"), let me provide a link to a rather erudite fellow, Robert Pinsky, who didn't forget to reflect, at length, on love and literature in Slate.
Photo Credits:
Picture of Robert Pinsky comes courtesy of The Academy of American Poets
Picture of Homer Simpson comes courtesy of Zapin.info
2 comments:
That sounds like such an awesome lecture. I wish I was around to hear it. Maybe you can post it after you give it? I would be most interested.
Hey, thanks for the kind words, Vincent! The talk next week is pretty interesting: Jason de Villa's going to introduce the Amber University Center to the 21st century. :-) He's going to talk about blogging and other tech stuff.
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