CONTACT:
Linda Ware
13 North Hill Rd.,
Wausau, WI 54403
715-842-9398 (home)
715-574-0435 (cell)
linda.ware at uwc.edu
Linda Ware will negotiate costs with you. In some circumstances she is willing to present free of cost. Contact her directly to make arrangements. REGION:
Marathon County, Central WisconsinHUMANITIES EXPERTISE:
Art History, Literature, Women’s Studies
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LINDA WARE
Linda Ware is an Emerita Professor of English at UW-Marathon County. She completed PhD work at University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her specializations include Women Writers, American Ethnic Studies, and Literature/Visual Arts Connections. She has taught courses in Twentieth Century American and Anglo/Irish Literature Before 1945/After 1945, Women's Studies in Fiction, Minority Studies and the Canon in American Fiction. In addition to a small art business, Linda is working on a manuscript titled Lit with Piercing Glances: The Painting and the Painter in Contemporary Novels by Women. She is a member of the Wisconsin Arts Board and the Council of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters.
Public Presentations:
Gay Marriage and Domestic Partnerships: The Learning Curve
Our society's approach to same-sex relationships has been based loosely on religious, psychological, and communitarian arguments rather than legal, economic, and humanitarian grounds. And what's wrong with that? This presentation will consider the cultural conflicts that pervade this issue and suggest some responses that could work toward a balanced acceptance. Along with the societal implications of tolerance, we can see the effects of gay marriage on family and community life through both scientific studies and the speaker's learning curve with a gay daughter. We can focus on constitutional questions, church and state issues, economic development for Wisconsin, and/or personal experience, depending on the interests of the audience.
From Push to Shove: A Respectful History of the Disrespectable English Language
Even a quick survey of the etymology of the English language reveals the multitude of sources our language springs from. Contrasting the languages that give English its energy and range, we discover that our vocabulary either limits us or allows us to see the world in a more humorous and vivid light. When are big words bad writing? What troubles us about swearing? How can we ground our expression more intensely in the real? Why is legal writing often redundant, as in one's "last will and testament"? This talk shows how studying roots and enlarging our vocabularies opens up not only poetry but also politics and people. |
