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WT’s Great Books Series to Explore Morality in Relationships
Copy by Chip Chandler, 806-651-2124, cchandler@wtamu.edu
WT’s Great Books Series to Explore Morality in Relationships
CANYON, Texas — A dark satire about the relationship between men and women will be in the spotlight in October for West Texas A&M University’s Great Books Series.
Dr. Brendan Stephens, the Jenny Lind Porter Professor of English, will lead the discussion of Tony Tulathimutte’s “The Feminist” at 7 p.m. Oct. 13 at Burrowing Owl Books’s Amarillo location, 2461 W. Interstate 40 in Wolflin Square.
The story, which was included in Tulathimutte’s collection “Rejection,” went viral when it was published in 2019, Stephens said.
“It is the story of a self-identified male feminist who comes to blame women for his romantic failures,” Stephens said. “At the heart of this story are more questions than answers. I am hoping for a great discussion about performative morality.”
The discussion series—sponsored by the Department of English, Philosophy and Modern Languages in the Sybil B. Harrington College of Fine Arts and Humanities—is open to those who either have or haven’t read the story, said organizer Dr. Daniel Bloom.
WT professors and guest lecturers lead the monthly Great Books discussions.
For information, email Bloom at dbloom@wtamu.edu.
Readers and writers also may be interested in the monthly meeting of the Burrowing Owl Poetry Circle, led by Dr. Pat Tyrer, retired WT professor of English.
At this monthly gathering, attendees can share their own works or those by others, or they can simply listen. The September meeting is set for 6 p.m. Oct. 22 at Burrowing Owl Books, 400 15th St. in Canyon.
Photo: Dr. Brendan Stephens will lead a discussion of Tony Tulathimutte’s “The Feminist” for West Texas A&M University's Great Books series.
About West Texas A&M University
West Texas A&M University is a Regional Research University in Canyon, Texas, on a 342-acre residential campus, as well as the Harrington Academic Hall WTAMU Amarillo Center in downtown Amarillo. Established in 1910, the University has been part of The Texas A&M University System since 1990. WT boasts an enrollment of about 9,000 and offers multiple options for students to graduate and succeed: 65 undergraduate degree programs, including eight associate degrees; and 41 graduate degrees, including an integrated bachelor’s and master’s degree, a specialist degree and three doctoral degrees. WT recently earned a Carnegie Foundation classification as a Research College and University. The Buffaloes are a member of the NCAA Division II Lone Star Conference; WT offers 16 men’s and women’s athletics programs.
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