{"id":10287,"date":"2023-02-16T14:27:28","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T19:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eckerd.edu\/news\/?p=10287"},"modified":"2023-02-16T14:28:11","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16T19:28:11","slug":"literature-day-aspec-40th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eckerd.edu\/news\/blog\/literature-day-aspec-40th-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Literature Day returns to Eckerd College with noted authors and a nod to ASPEC\u2019s 40th Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=&#8221;in_container&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; column_margin=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_tablet=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_phone=&#8221;default&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; row_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; row_border_radius_applies=&#8221;bg&#8221; overflow=&#8221;visible&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; shape_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;no-extraa-padding&#8221; column_padding_tablet=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_phone=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; column_element_direction_desktop=&#8221;default&#8221; column_element_spacing=&#8221;default&#8221; desktop_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_backdrop_filter=&#8221;none&#8221; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; column_link_target=&#8221;_self&#8221; column_position=&#8221;default&#8221; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; tablet_width_inherit=&#8221;default&#8221; animation_type=&#8221;default&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; border_type=&#8221;simple&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;] [image_with_animation image_url=&#8221;10289&#8243; image_size=&#8221;full&#8221; animation_type=&#8221;entrance&#8221; animation=&#8221;Fade In&#8221; animation_easing=&#8221;default&#8221; animation_movement_type=&#8221;transform_y&#8221; hover_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; alignment=&#8221;&#8221; img_link_large=&#8221;yes&#8221; border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; box_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; image_loading=&#8221;default&#8221; max_width=&#8221;100%&#8221; max_width_mobile=&#8221;default&#8221;][vc_column_text]<em>ASPEC members gather for an event at the\u00a0Lewis House on the Eckerd College campus. 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And his eyes.<\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=&#8221;full_width_content&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; column_margin=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_tablet=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_phone=&#8221;default&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; top_padding=&#8221;32&#8243; bottom_padding=&#8221;32&#8243; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; row_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; row_border_radius_applies=&#8221;bg&#8221; overflow=&#8221;visible&#8221; advanced_gradient_angle=&#8221;0&#8243; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; shape_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; shape_type=&#8221;&#8221; gradient_type=&#8221;default&#8221;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;padding-2-percent&#8221; column_padding_tablet=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_phone=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;right&#8221; column_element_direction_desktop=&#8221;default&#8221; column_element_spacing=&#8221;default&#8221; desktop_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_backdrop_filter=&#8221;none&#8221; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; column_link_target=&#8221;_self&#8221; column_position=&#8221;default&#8221; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; tablet_width_inherit=&#8221;default&#8221; animation_type=&#8221;default&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; border_type=&#8221;simple&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;][vc_column_text]Hoffman, a retired CPA\/forensic accountant, is the coordinator of Literature Day, one of a <a href=\"\/aspec\/events\/\">series of events honoring the 40th Anniversary<\/a> of the <a href=\"\/aspec\/\">Academy of Senior Professionals at Eckerd College<\/a>. Among the topics speakers are scheduled to discuss are world literature in 1982, the 40-year evolution of Banned Books Week, the explosion of interest in fantasy literature, and the lives of published writers.<\/p>\n<p>Presenters include author, journalist and commentator Burton Hersh; noted baseball writer Peter Golenbock; <a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.eckerd.edu\/prf.php?account_id=147687\">Eckerd College Assistant Professor, Access Services Librarian and Behavioral Sciences Liaison Heather Bush<\/a>; and Ray Arsenault, Ph.D., the John Hope Franklin Professor of Southern History and chairman of the Department of History and Politics at the University of South Florida, St. Petersburg.<\/p>\n<p>The Literature Day program will take place on Saturday, February 18, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/ndm7Jf5yYVAkLWtq9\">Lewis House on the Eckerd College campus<\/a>, 4200 54th Avenue South in St. Petersburg. Although there is no charge, registration is required. Visit <a href=\"\/ASPECrsvp\/\">eckerd.edu\/ASPECrsvp<\/a> to register.<\/p>\n<p>Hoffman, who lives part of the year in Philadelphia and part in St. Petersburg, is an ASPEC member and for several years has been attending <a href=\"\/olli\/\">Osher Lifelong Learning Institute classes at Eckerd<\/a> and Temple University, where he has led discussions in Short Stories and Classic Literature. He attributes his love of literature to Elliot Cades, aka Ming the Merciless, Hoffman\u2019s 12th-grade English teacher at Central High School in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe got the nickname because he looked like Ming from Planet Mongo in the Flash Gordon comic strip and was a taskmaster,\u201d Hoffman recalls. \u201c\u2018Most Demanding\u2019\u201d was the title given to him in our yearbook. Everyone was scared to have him as a teacher. 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We read Tolstoy and James Joyce \u2026 literature that wasn\u2019t typical for high school. He opened our eyes. We read Hamlet, and that was the year, 1964, that the film version starring Richard Burton was in theaters. 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