Along Middle Path

The Legacy of the March

By President Sean Decatur

As the fiftieth anniversary of the March happens on August 28th, President Decatur reflects upon what it means to him and society.

Kenyon Unique Presents P.F. Kluge

Writer-in-Residence P.F. Kluge '64 draws on his career as a novelist and journalist to share his unique perspective on a literary life.

do it: The art of throwing a party

The art of throwing a party

In collaboration with Independent Curators International, the Gund Gallery presents do it, an exhibition conceived by curator Hans Ulrich Obrist during a 1993 conversation with artists Christian Boltanski and Bertrand Lavier about an exhibition that would constantly produce new versions of itself.

Islam's Diverse Paths

Muslim homosexuality. Mystical poetry from the13th century. And, yes, even in-your-face punk rockers. It's all part of the flowering of Kenyon's multidisciplinary explorations into the world of Islam. An array of campus events during a recent academic year highlighted the vitality of that exploration.

Language of Death

Religious Studies professor Royal Rhodes ponders the "Meanings of Death" in the classroom and in the Alumni Bulletin.

Telling Stories

The Kenyon Review Young Writers Workshop sparks creativity.

Art and Argument

Rhetoric in Antiquity with Adam Serfass

The art of rhetoric proves to be timeless when you learn it as the ancients did--through theory, imitation, and practice.

A ‘Unique’ world: Kluge shares stories

Kenyon’s Writer-in-Residence P. F. Kluge will discuss his global experiences in an upcoming lecture.

Writer-in-Residence P.F. Kluge ’64 can’t just visit a place and move on. “When you’re a writer and you go to any place, you’re always looking for material and you’re not done with the place until you’ve written about it,” he said.

"It began to rain cows"

When a Latin American poet asked me to look over some recent translations of his work into English, I critiqued them as only an inexperienced yet ambitious beginning grad student would. "These are all right, but I could do better."