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SUMMARY:A Conversation with Margaret Atwood
DESCRIPTION:About Margaret Atwood\n\n\n\nMargaret Atwood has long been a literary titan\, and her words continue to resonate with every generation. Her landmark novel The Handmaid’s Tale (1985) was adapted into a fifteen-time Emmy Award-winning television series\, and its sequel\, The Testaments\, won the 2019 Booker Prize. Her latest memoir\, Book of Lives\, recounts the life of one of the greatest storytellers of our time\, unveiling both the workings of a once-in-a-generation imagination and the connections between real life and art. In talks\, Atwood reveals hidden truths in our societies\, inspiring us to speak out against injustice and preparing us for the battle ahead. Today\, her sharp eye and characteristic wit are more crucial—and prescient—than ever. \n\n\n\n“Every totalitarian government on the planet has always taken a very great interest in women’s reproductive rights\,” says Margaret Atwood: a disquieting insight at any time\, but particularly in today’s portentous political landscape. Just as it did when it was first published\, the story of The Handmaid’s Tale—a future where women are treated as property of the state\, run by an authoritarian regime—is unearthing chilling patterns to an uneasy public. The book’s long-awaited sequel The Testaments performed so well it broke the record for best first-day sales of any Penguin Random House title that year. \n\n\n\n\n“With dry\, ironic wit\, a poetic sensibility and more than a hint of the Gothic\, she has uncompromisingly observed the psychology of people in her society.” The New York Times \n\n\n\n\nWith her work already producing two blockbuster television adaptations—first The Handmaid’s Tale\, then Alias Grace—Atwood’s vision is reaching a wider audience than ever before. To date\, The Handmaid’s Tale has received 15 awards\, including Best Drama\, and Atwood herself received a standing ovation at the show. Meanwhile\, Atwood’s Giller-winning\, Booker-shortlisted murder mystery Alias Grace was adapted into a Netflix original miniseries\, which was notably written\, produced\, and directed by women. \n\n\n\nHer most recent memoir\, Book of Lives\, unfolds the story of her life: from her nomadic childhood in the forests of northern Quebec to the seminal moments that sparked the books that have shaped our literary landscape. Along the way\, with her signature wit and storytelling skill\, she introduces us to a larger-than-life cast of characters and offers a peek into the workings of one of our generation’s greatest imaginations. \n\n\n\nIn her latest short story collection\, Old Babes in the Wood\, she explores the depth of human experience with her signature wit and insight: touching on mother-daughter relationships\, the afterlife\, what it looks like to grow old together\, and much more. NPR says\, “Old Babes in the Wood is touching\, smart\, funny\, and unique in equal measure. A dazzling mixture of stories that explore what it means to be human while also showcasing Atwood’s gifted imagination and great sense of humor.” \n\n\n\nBut before Atwood was a novelist\, and before her work became the subject of award-winning TV\, she was a poet. She’s released her first poetry collection in over a decade: Dearly. By turns “moving\, playful\, and wise\,” the poems gathered in Dearly explore bodies and minds in transition\, while observing the objects and rituals that ground us in the present moment. The Washington Post calls it “hauntingly beautiful\, with reflections on life and death\, time and chance\, and nature and zombies.” \n\n\n\nAtwood is the author of more than fifty volumes of poetry\, children’s literature\, fiction\, and non-fiction. To date\, Atwood’s body of work has been published in more than 40 languages\, including Farsi\, Japanese\, Turkish\, Finnish\, Korean\, Icelandic and Estonian. She has also won many international literary awards\, including the prestigious Booker Prize\, Arthur C. Clarke Award\, Governor General’s Award\, the PEN Pinter Prize\, the Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Book Critics Circle\, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. She was presented with the Companion of Honor award—given for achievements in the arts\, literature\, science\, and politics—by Queen Elizabeth\, making Atwood the third Canadian to receive the honor. Atwood is a founder of the Writers’ Trust of Canada and a founding trustee of the Griffin Poetry Prize. She is also a popular personality on Twitter\, with over two million followers. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nThe sponsors of the Blauvelt Speaker Series have generously underwritten the cost of tickets for this program.The Blauvelt Speaker Series is funded in part by the generosity of the late Bradford Thomas & Eleanor G. Blauvelt and the Wintrode Family Foundation.This year’s additional sponsors for 2025-2026 include The Law Firm of Carluccio\, Leone\, Dimon\, Doyle\, Gutman & Petro\, LLC\, Arlene and Frank Dupignac\, Jr.\, Leone & Daughters Realty Management Corp.\, Kean Ocean\, Stella and Marshall Kern\, The Matus Law Group\, New Jersey Natural Gas\, Novins\, York\, Jacobus & Dooley\, P.A.\, Ocean County Vocational Technical School\, and Rotem Dental Care.
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SUMMARY:The Free School
DESCRIPTION:The Faces of Faiths: A Journey through World Religions\n\n\n\nMondays 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.10/20\, 10/27\, 11/3\, 11/10Location details will be shared with registrants closer to the first session. Registration has closed. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nGet ready to embark on a fascinating journey through the beliefs\, rituals\, and philosophies that have shaped civilizations across time. This year\, The Free School is back with a bold new theme: The Faces of Faiths: A Journey through World Religions. In the fall\, we’ll kick off by zooming out—exploring the tools\, methods\, and mindsets that help us understand religion. What is religion? How do scholars study it? What makes a belief system sacred? Then\, in the spring\, we’ll zoom in—spotlighting several major world religions\, uncovering their core teachings\, cultural impact\, and enduring wisdom. From ancient texts to modern movements\, we’ll explore what these traditions offer to the world today. \n\n\n\n10/20: Definitions of religion: We begin with the big question: What do we mean by “religion(s)”? In this session\, we consider definitions\, debates\, and the diverse ways people across cultures have made sense of the sacred. \n\n\n\n10/27: Dimensions of religion: Religion isn’t just belief—it’s ritual\, experience\, art\, ethics\, and more. We’ll unpack the key dimensions that shape religious life and practice. \n\n\n\n11/3: Approaches to religion I: How do scholars study religion? From anthropology to ecology\, we’ll dive into the major academic lenses used to interpret religious phenomena.  \n\n\n\n11/10: Approaches to religion II: Building on the previous week\, we’ll explore additional methods—like psychology\, sociology\, and comparative studies—and how they reveal new insights into faith and spirituality. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration is free\, but space is limited. For more information\, please email Dr. Mark William Westmoreland at mwestmoreland@ocean.edu\n\n\n\nDr. Christopher Ruth and Dr. Mark William Westmoreland founded The Free School out of a desire to serve Ocean County beyond what happens in our classrooms. This is a community-focused personal enrichment program. There are no assignments and no grades; rather\, each session is a lively conversation facilitated by a faculty expert.
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