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Welcome to the FYE Summer Reading Portal! Check in with us regularly - we’ll be updating this page every week with new ways for you to connect with Skidmore faculty, staff, and fellow students as we explore Ted Chiang’s Stories of Your Life and Others.

artwork by patrice malatestinic

Creative Thought in Action: Skidmore Faculty Responses to Stories of Your Life and Others

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Professor of Religious Studies, Gregory Spinner responds to Chiang’s “Seventy Two Letters” with a story of his own…

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Gregory Spinner
Maggie Greaves

This week on IG Live: Science Fiction and Poetry with Professor Maggie Greaves

Instagram Live with Maggie Greaves

Meet your Peer Mentors this Wednesday on Instagram Live!

Meet Your Peer Mentor

Marianna Dionne
Instagram Live

Skidmore FYE goes live this Wednesday at 7:30pm!

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Abby Sahs (Class of 2024) is first to identify Janice!

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Janice
Ted Chiang

Chiang to discuss "Writing the Future" in July 1 Clarion Workshop Summer Conversation

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 Soundtrack Your Summer Reading

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Stories of your life and others collaborative playlist
Time capusle with 2021 on it

Beginning with the End in Mind: Time Capsule Project Launch

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Can you guess which character from Stories of Your Life and Others this is?

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Canvas painting of a character from Stories of Your Life and Others
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Delivering your summer reading... by bike!

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Ted Chiang on progressive disaster narratives

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Tang

Illustrate Stories of Your Life and Others with images from the Tang Teaching Museum's collection

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** Our banner image comes to us courtesy of the Tang Teaching Museum. Check out their amazing collection.