The Quests and Questions that Stories Inspire: A Case for the Humanities in the Time of Technology

Sharmaine E.D.S. Browne | 25 June 2019 After a particularly difficult week, a colleague asked how my class went that afternoon, and I lit up. “It was amazing!” And generally, that’s how it goes. I work hard to create lively, vibrant classroom environs to cultivate intellectual and creative risk-taking. The students, in turn, motivate me …

Why This?

The “digitalverse” is crowded with ideas, but the platforms demand brevity and certainty. I’m interested in the spaciousness of rumination and the possibilities of questions. Why write? I was drawn to writing at a very young age, seven-years-old. I no longer remember exactly what inspired me. I was a big reader even then, so perhaps …