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As the Snowdrops yield to the eager Hepaticas and Primroses, the bare Elms burst forth with vibrant purple, and we eagerly anticipate the budding Gentians. Nature gracefully mends herself in an endless cycle, while we, as humans, may find ourselves with some barren patches where the grass seems reluctant to bloom once more. This poetic exploration of an English garden captures the enchanting transformations throughout the seasons. EVB, as she preferred to be called, crafted and illustrated four garden books during the final years of her life. - Summary From the Preface

At the age of 48, film critic David Denby returned to his alma mater, Columbia University, to re-experience the core humanities courses he had taken as a freshman 30 years before. Facing the question of what he really knows, Denby re-examines the besieged Western classics, ranging from Homer, Sappho, and Sophocles to Dante, Nietzsche, and Woolf. What relevance do the writers and thinkers of the past have to our current life? The answer surprised Denby and will surprise and enlighten his listeners.