Author Archives: jsorrentino
Two Interesting Birthdays
I have a couple of Facebook friends who frequently repost literature-related birthday announcements from the Writer’s Almanac and decided I would follow suit today since there are two French Lit related postings. The first is Molière. My soft spot for him … Continue reading
Before December 21, 2012: End of the Apocalypse Course
“The notion of a collective death or rapture can be very attractive to those who live a very solitary life. The protagonist of my film lives by herself, she has alienated her family, and she keeps her neighbors out by … Continue reading
Snapshot 2012
On October 11th, the members of the Macaulay Honors College freshmen class each took a photograph that would capture for them some aspect of New York City. Their photos were uploaded to a gallery – http://macaulay.cuny.edu/gallery/index.php/snapshot-2012 – and a group … Continue reading
Crosspost from la Fondation Catherine Gide
This is a report on the Gide panel from the MLA 2012: “The Feminine in André Gide’s Life and Works” on the website for the Catherine Gide Foundation (Fondation Catherine Gide). Justine Legrand writes: Du 5 au 8 janvier 2012 … Continue reading
Report from the MLA – Seattle 2012
Got back from the MLA earlier this week and my head is still spinning. What an amazing experience. First and foremost, I want to acknowledge the panel that I had the privilege of being part of: The Feminine in André … Continue reading
Cutting the Cable in New York City
Recently, a friend asked me how much I was paying a certain large conglomerate for my cable TV service. I had one of those “all in one triple play” packages that included phone and internet, and with DVR and HBO … Continue reading
Welcome to “Reading Gide”
Why “Reading Gide?” Because that’s probably what I’m supposed to be doing. Or what I’m supposed to be writing about. You see, André Gide is the target author for my dissertation in the PhD Program in French at the CUNY … Continue reading
SocioWiki NYC – Spring 2007
The “SocioWiki” was the first wiki project (I will be posting more) I directed with Macaulay Honors College students at Brooklyn College for their Seminar 2 “The Peopling of New York City.” When we began this project, none of us … Continue reading
Working!
So, thanks to a little help from my friends, my Sliding Door theme is now working. I need to do a little bit of work to actually get all the images created and uploaded, but as you see above, my … Continue reading
Sliding Door Theme
This website actually qualifies as one of my tech projects, since I am not only creating my own web space, but also learning and reflecting on how to do so. So here we go. I’m toying around with this funky … Continue reading