Thursday Seminars are offered free to the community, on a first-come, first-served basis. For registration and assignments, email Hugh Himwich.
Mr. Himwich teaches Latin and English at Albuquerque Academy. He received his B.A. from Brown University and his M.A. from St. John’s College.
2019-20
August 27
William Faulkner and Southern History, Part 1
September 3 – October 29
Go Down, Moses
William Faulkner
November 19
The Origin of Others
Toni Morrison
January 7
The Souls of Black Folks
W.E.B. Du Bois
January 14 – February 4
Invisible Man
Ralph Ellison
February 18-25
I Am Not Your Negro
James Baldwin
March 4
A Wreath for Emmitt Till
Marilyn Nelson
March 18
We Shall Not Be Moved
Marc Bamuthi Joseph (librettist)
April 1
The Debate Between James Baldwin and William Buckley on the American Dream
April 8
Sonny’s Blues and Staggerlee Wonders
James Baldwin
April 15
I Am Not Your Negro
James Baldwin
April 29 – May 6
A Reading of African-American Poetry
Gwendolyn Brooks, Terrance Hayes, Claudia Rankine, Rita Dove, Natasha Tretheway, and others
