February
1: Football in America, Part Four: The series concludes with a post on the
different AmericanStudies connections of football in the Lonestar State.
February
2-3: Crowd-sourced Super Bowl: Crowd-sourced responses to the week’s
football-inspired series. Add yours to help us run up the score!
February
4: Remembering Wheatley and Washington: A Black History month series on
compelling conversations starts with the poet and the (future) president.
February
5: Remembering Delany and Lincoln: The series continues with a post on the
visitor who helped change the course of a war.
February
6: Remembering Crummell and Douglass: The complex and crucial post-bellum
debate between two titans, as the series rolls on.
February
7: Remembering Washington and Roosevelt: Guess who came to dinner? Booker
T. Washington, that’s who.
February
8: Remembering Baldwin and Buckley: The series concludes with the many
sides of a telling 1960s debate.
February
9-10: Crowd-sourced Remembering: A nomination for another Black History
remembrance. Add yours, please!
February
11: I Love the Shaws: A Valentine’s series on AmericanStudies loves starts
with a very impressive parental decision.
February
12: I Love Chesnutt in His Journals: The series continues with the
inspiring private reflections of the author I love most.
February
13: I Love Plath’s Most Personal Poem: The under-remembered and hugely
moving poem we should all show some love.
February
14: I Love Three Pages in Ceremony:
The amazingly rich and inspiring three pages of one of my favorite American novels,
as the series rolls on.
February
15: I Love Memento’s Closing
Monologue: The series concludes with the universal yet very American closing
moments of one of my favorite recent films.
February
16-17: Crowd-soured Love: A few other AmericanStudies loves—I’d love for
you to add some of yours!
February
18: AmericanStudiers To Watch, Part One: A series on AmericanStudies
scholars to keep an eye on kicks off with three Native AmericanStudiers.
February
19: AmericanStudiers To Watch, Part Two: The series continues with three
scholars who exemplify the different sides of childhood studies.
February
20: AmericanStudiers To Watch, Part Three: Three interesting scholarly
takes on race and childhood in America, as the series rolls on.
February
21: AmericanStudiers To Watch, Part Four: On the website and digital
project that illustrates the best of what digital humanities can be and offer.
February
22: AmericanStudiers To Watch, Part Five: The series concludes with three
multi-lingual AmericanStudiers with whom I was honored to share an MLA panel.
February
23-24: Crowd-sourced AmericanStudiers to Watch: Responses to the week’s
posts and other AmericanStudiers to watch. Who are you watching?
February
25-28: The Even Bigger Read Still Needs You!: That aforementioned request
for nominations for a National Big Read!
Next series starts Monday,
Ben
PS. Things you’d like to
see in this space in the months ahead? Guest posts you want to contribute? Let
me know, here or by email (brailton@fitchburgstate.edu)!
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