― Charles Yu, How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe

Join us for CHQ 2019 Week Four, July 13 - 20:
The New Map of Life: How Longer Lives are Changing the World — A Week in Collaboration with the Stanford Center on Longevity

Do we really want to live forever? While being “forever young” may still be the stuff of dreams, longer lifespans are a reality of modern life. Living to 110 years old — at least — means new challenges for both individuals and society; how we meet those challenges will have lasting ramifications.

Check out the related titles below as well as our collection of Week 4 Speaker books.

"...like the massive asteroid that smashed into eastern Mexico, wiping out the dinosaurs, sixty-five million years ago.”
― Elizabeth Rush, Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore

Today's [July 11th] CLSC Presentation of Rising will take place at 3:30 in the Hall of Philosophy.  The booksigning will take place after the lecture on the Alumni Hall porch.

Books are available now at both Chautauqua Bookstore and the CLSC Octagon.

- Rachel Carson

Join us for CHQ 2019 Week Three, July 6 - 12:
A Planet in Balance: A Week in Partnership with National Geographic

In response to a rapidly changing planet, National Geographic is leveraging its legacy of exploration, innovation, and vibrant storytelling to further solutions. From funding cutting-edge technologies to leading advancements in science communication, we’ll uncover how National Geographic is using 21st-century tools to shape the future of exploration and to address the greatest challenge our world has ever faced.

Check out the related titles below as well as our collection of Week 3 Speaker books.

"... May he not hope that high lessons of wisdom, of justice and of truth, will yet give direction to her destiny?"

-- Frederick Douglass, "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?"

Today's [July 4th] CLSC Presentation of Pulitzer Prize winner Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom by David Blight will take place at 3:30 at the Hall of Philosophy.  The booksigning will take place after the lecture on the Alumni Hall porch.

Books are available now at both Chautauqua Bookstore and the CLSC Octagon.

― Beth Macy, Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America

Week 2's first CLSC Presentation is today [July 3] at 3:30 at the Hall of Philosophy.  The booksigning will take place after the lecture on the Alumni Hall porch.

  Books are available now at both Chautauqua Bookstore and the CLSC Octagon.

― Audre Lorde, Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches

Join us for CHQ 2019 Week Two, June 29 - July 5:
Uncommon Ground: Communities Working Toward Solutions
In an age of divisive posturing at the national level, are communities uniquely positioned to come together on the toughest issues, to find a way forward for the common good? We recognize the role of communities in effecting real change, and present a solutions-focused week of power and promise.

Check out the related titles below as well as our collection of Week 2 Speaker books.

― Dan Egan, The Death and Life of the Great Lakes

The first CLSC Presentation of the year is today! [June 26]  While the lecture is at the Amphitheater at 10:45, the booksigning will take place at 1:15 on the porch of the Literary Arts Center at Alumni Hall.  Books are available now at both Chautauqua Bookstore and the CLSC Octagon.

― Octavia E. Butler

Join us for CHQ 2019 Week One: Moments That Changed the World June 22-28

How did we get to now? The answers may surprise you. In this week, Chautauqua asks five historians to each choose a little-known moment when the ground shifted beneath humanity’s feet, and examine how those moments impacted the world of today.

This year's opening day -- June 22nd -- is also Week 1 CLSC Selection author Octavia Butler's birthday.  John Keene's presentation of Butler's Kindred will take place the following Thursday, June 27th.

Check out the related titles below as well as our collection of Week 1 Speaker Books.

The 2019 edition of Chautauqua is now available! 

Moxie is the 16th issue of Chautauqua, a literary manifestation of the values and aesthetics of Chautauqua Institution.  Chautauqua publishes writing that speaks to Chautauqua's tradition of inquiry into questions of personal, social, political, spiritual, and aesthetic importance — and when, where, and how those values and questions intersect.

For more information on the Chautauqua literary journal and the submissions process, click here.

- Joy Harjo "In Mystic," Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings

Congratulations to Joy Harjo, just named the new U.S. Poet Laureate.

Harjo's CLSC presentation of Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings will take place August 22nd at the Hall of Philosophy.