Friday, October 21, 2011

Traci Lee Simmons to speak at Highlands Latin School tonight.

Highlands Latin School's
2nd Annual Community Lecture Series
Friday, October 21, 2011

You're cordially invited to join us this Friday, October 21, at 7:00PM!

Highlands Latin School is pleased to welcome esteemed author, Tracy Lee Simmons (see his bio below), on Friday, October 21, 2011, at 7:00PM, in the Sanctuary of our Crescent Hill Campus (2800 Frankfort Ave). Mr. Simmons' lecture on "Classical Education and America's Future" is free and open to the public. All are welcome to attend!

Tracy Lee Simmons has been a working journalist, editor, and writer for over 20 years. He holds a Master’s Degree in Classics from Oxford. He has written for newspapers, magazines, and journals including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Weekly Standard, American Enterprise, The New Criterion, and The Sewanee Review, and he once served as an Associate Editor for National Review under William F. Buckley, Jr. He published Climbing Parnassus: A New Apologia for Greek and Latin in 2002, which won a Choice Award for “Outstanding Academic Title” for that year. He continues to write regularly on literary, historical, and cultural topics.

5 comments:

Brigitta Powers said...

Was this talk per chance recorded? We were unable to make the drive down from Indiana.

Thanks!

Brigitta Powers

L.M. Muffett said...
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Martin Cothran said...

L.M. Muffett is free to post here, but, since he apparently has no mother available to wash his mouth out with soap, his post has been deleted.

Martin Cothran said...

Brigitta,

Yes, there is a recording. I'll try to remember to post so that you know when it's available.

Steve said...

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