This month’s poem, “Poetry,” by Marianne Moore, is a curious little poem. Moore wrote the first version of this poem in 1924, and then spent nearly five decades revising it, finally settling on a three-line version that she included in her 1967 volume, The Complete Poems of Marianne Moore. (You can read the two versions
This month’s poem is “A Sunset of the City,” by Gwendolyn Brooks. Brooks was a prolific and accomplished poet, and was the first black writer – male or female – to win the Pulitzer Prize for poetry, which she was awarded in 1950 for her second collection of poems, Annie Allen. In addition to poetry,
This month’s story is Leslie Marmon Silko’s “Yellow Woman,” first published in 1974. Marmon Silko is among the most celebrated and noteworthy of contemporary Native American authors, and “Yellow Woman” focuses in large part on a theme that recurs in much of her work: the relationship modern Native Americans have with the traditions and mythology
Uno de los hitos del cine americano de ciencia-ficción de los años 50, pues reúne la mayoría de sus constantes: llegada de extraterrestres, presencia de inteligencias superiores o robots, problema grave que puede ser mundial, paranoia social como reflejo de la guerra fría, violento sistema de defensa humano (ejército, policía) ante lo desconocido, representación de
“Ciudadano Kane” es un caso extraordinario en la historia del cine, a escala mundial, por múltiples razones. Tanto es así, que en general sale elegida como la mejor película de la historia en todas las encuestas, por delante incluso de todas las que Orson Welles realizó después. Resulta extraordinaria, ante todo, por la deslumbrante madurez
Our first poem for 2016 is “By the waters of Babylon,” by Emma Lazarus. It’s a long poem, broken up into different sections, and each section is written in prose. This makes it not quite an epic poem, although it does share the epic’s mythologizing impulses. The poem is a wonderful blend of tradition and
This month’s story is Mary E. Wilkins Freeman’s “A New England Nun,” first published in 1891. The story is heavily realistic, and infused with a high degree of local color and detail meant to fully capture the bucolic pace and feel of village life in late 19th century New England. This languid tranquillity is the
No es extraño que una biblioteca ofrezca entre sus actividades de animación cultural un club de lectura pero sí es peculiar que se desarrolle sobre lecturas anglosajonas en inglés y que el coloquio se realice en ese idioma. Que además se haya iniciado en el 2005 y que diez años más tarde siga activo nos
Para acceder al último número de Notes & News : DECEMBER 2015 NEWSLETTER From the President I want to extend wishes for Happy Holidays and a healthy and successful New Year to all members of the International Institute in Spain community. As the International Institute heads into its 124th year, we can reflect on the continuity
El Instituto Internacional está llevando a cabo actualmente dos búsquedas para cubrir las siguientes plazas: Director(a) del Departamento de Inglés : English Program Director 15JAN16 Ayudante de Administración: Ayudante de Administración 15ENE16 El plazo de presentación de candidaturas termina el 15 de enero de 2016 en ambos casos.