OWLL WINTER 2022 - VIRTUAL
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International Nature Adventures, with Bill Gette
The first two sessions are titled Celebrate Trinidad: Gem of the West Indies; the second two, Celebrate Kenya: From Samburu to the Maasai Mara. Bill will discuss and show photographs of his travel adventures.
Wider Than the Sky: Poetry in your Brain, with David Rose, Cammy Thomas, and Regie O'Hare Gibson
A neuroscientist, a writer-poet, and an oral poet discuss the science and art of how our brains make our favorite poems, in Emily Dickinson's words, "wider than sky". Enrollment limited.
Four Oddball Novels by Muriel Spark, with Gillian Gill
Girls of Slender Means, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Memento Mori, and The Abbess of Crewe are chosen for discussion because they show some of Spark's quirkiest diversity
The Archaeology and Meaning of the Dead Sea Scrolls, with Steven Stark-Riemer
The Dead Sea Scrolls are considered by many to be the most important archaeological find of the twentieth century. In understanding what they teach about the history of Judaism, we can learn about the history of Early Christianity.