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Excerpt from Black Philosopher, White Academy
The curious academic life of Penn's first black professor eludes even his reverent biographer.
by Nick Norlen
It's fitting that Bruce Kuklick's biographical sketch of William Fontaine, Black Philosopher, White Academy: The Career of William Fontaine, begins much like a ghost story: Kuklick is alone in the
university's archives, doing unrelated research, browsing a bare-bones
file on the late philosophy professor, when he sees something that
would give most people chills — his own name.
In 1932 [William Fontaine] earned his M.A.
from Penn. A year later, after continuing to take courses, he spent the
summer studying philosophy at Harvard, easily the commanding
institution of higher learning in the United States.
Fit to Be Toyed
John Vettese sees what develops
by John Vettese
They're called "toy" because these film cameras are über-basic
point-and-shoot plastic boxes. They generally have two aperture
settings, one shutter speed and none of the bells and whistles of
modern digital photography. This lo-fi approach to fine art allows the
photographer little in the way of control — which is how Patrick McHugh likes
it.
Fear Factor
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Monster
by Mark Cofta
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Kafka in the Courtroom
The Trial
by Mark Cofta
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with a canopy that threatens to devour us, emphasizing shadows and
surprises: With all furniture on wheels, artfully choreographed
movement creates a courthouse's labyrinthine corridors and K.'s growing
paranoia on crowded city streets.
Beethoven Behind Bars
Now See ThisFidelio
by David Shengold
Fidelio — an ever-timely work celebrating the victory of
individual courage over systematic, corrupt oppression — is sublime
stuff musically. But it's not all Big Moral Statements —
there is humor, romance and suspense as well, since the leading
character is impersonating a guy and flirting
nervously with the chief jailor's daughter in order to
rescue her unjustly imprisoned husband.
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