tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post925320478884395342..comments2024-03-15T01:11:32.832-07:00Comments on Bardiac: Campus SpeakersBardiachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11846065504793800266noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-68739089981827905772007-08-26T00:11:00.000-07:002007-08-26T00:11:00.000-07:00Been meaning to ask you - can you recommend a good...Been meaning to ask you - can you recommend a good book that lists/explains the types of verse there are in English? (What's a villanelle and all the different kinds of meter and all that?)<BR/><BR/>Believe me, you do not want to go into your average large chain bookstore and ask for something like this. The "help" you get will make you murderous.Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15606922510495018342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-63883265004443854122007-08-24T15:13:00.000-07:002007-08-24T15:13:00.000-07:00I can't imagine any speaker talking about student ...I can't imagine any speaker talking about student drinking would be all that effective in the long-term. The exception might be a talk in coordination with some sort of project related to student welfare, but ultimately I think they forget about it after a couple of days. <BR/><BR/>As for unicorns...I'm not sure what to say and I work with texts that sometimes feature them. On-campus talks should be intellectually engaging in some way. If this is the type of thing we (as a community of scholars) present to students, how can we expect them to engage with their education in intellectually meaningful ways.k8https://www.blogger.com/profile/07547334819703279971noreply@blogger.com