August 1: American Families: The Holmes: The series on multi-generational families resumes with
the father and son who illustrate two very distinct ways to achieve
greatness—and one common thread.
August 2: American Families: The Lowells: The series concludes with the many different prominent
members of a Boston family, and the poems that depict them.
August 3-4: American Families: The Railtons: A special weekend post highlights some of the posts
through which I’ve paid tribute to my own multi-generational family.
August 5: Back to Virginia: Jamestown Today: A series on my
native state kicks off with three different sites through which we can engage
with Virginia’s earliest multi-national histories.
August 6: Back to Virginia: Virginia Tech in Contexts: The series continues with a couple contexts for the
state’s most horrific and tragic recent event.
August 7: Back to Virginia: Sorry, West Virginia: On more and less humorous ignorance and our
northwestern neighbors, as the series rolls on.
August 8: Back to Virginia: The Valley Campaign: Stonewall Jackson, a youthful AmericanStudier, and the
value and limitations of military history.
August 9: Back to Virginia: Macaca, Revisited: The series concludes with another look at the striking
political moment with which I concluded my last Virginia series.
August 10-11: Crowd-sourced Virginia: The responses and Virginia connections of fellow
AmericanStudiers—add yours, y’all!
August 12-18: 36 for 36: To celebrate my 36th birthday, a vacation week post on 36
favorite posts from the past year.
August 19: Still Studying: George Sanchez: A series on subjects about which I’m just learning
begins with a seminal scholarly text I still need to read.
August 20: Still Studying: Foshay Tower: The series continues with the Minneapolis figure and
building that embody an American icon.
August 21: Still Studying: Abenaki Histories: The many layers to the histories and stories of a
northeastern tribe, as the series rolls on.
August 22: Still Studying: Melville at Work: A fellow scholar helps me recognize why we need to
rethink our narratives on authors and work.
August 23: Still Studying: Known Unknowns: The series concludes with three examples of how much we
can learn from a very 21st century resource.
August 24-25: Crowd-sourced Studying: Fellow AmericanStudiers weigh in on what they’re still
learning about—add your thoughts in progress, please!
August
26: Fall Forward: NEASA Conference: A series on upcoming autumn events
starts with communal connections at September’s New England ASA Conference.
August
27: Fall Forward: ASA Conference: The series continues with three things
I’m looking forward to at November’s ASA Conference.
August
28: Fall Forward: Book Talks: Three different examples of upcoming
presentations through which I’ll be sharing my third book with audiences, as
the series rolls on.
August
29: Fall Forward: Next Book Question: As I return to work on my next book
project, a key question about what to add to the chapters—one that needs your
input!
August
30: Fall Forward: Three Years!: The series concludes with three memories on
the occasion of this blog’s third anniversary.
Next series starts Monday,
Ben
PS. What would you like to see in this space? Guest Posts you’d like to
contribute?
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