February 3: House Histories: Salem and the East: A series on House of the Seven Gables connections
starts with Salem’s striking links to the Far East.
February 4: House Histories: Loyalists: The series continues with the House’s lens into one of
the most under-remembered American communities.
February 5: House Histories: Hawthorne’s Houses: The different but equally compelling ways to think
about Hawthorne’s inspirations for his fictional house, as the series rolls on.
February 6: House Histories: Caroline Osgood Emmerton: The inspiring life and work of the woman who turned the
house into the House.
February 7: House Histories: Our Own Broad Daylight: The series concludes with how the House helps us engage
with the literay and communal presence of the past.
February 8-9: Elizabeth Duclos-Orsello’s Guest Post: But wait! The series is extended with my most recent
Guest Post, from one of Salem’s most thoughtful and talented AmericanStudiers.
February 10: I Love The
Wire’s Characters: A Valentine’s Day
series begins with three of my favorite American Study-able characters from my
favorite TV show.
February 11: I Love Du Bois to His Daughter: The series continues with lessons we can all take away
from one of the most loving texts by my favorite American.
February
12: I Love the New Bruce: The two entirely distinct but equally interesting
most recent albums by my favorite artist, as the series continues.
February
13: I Love All the King’s Men: A
couple of the many things that put Robert Penn Warren’s historical novel right
near the top of my list of all-time favorites.
February
14: I Love My Job: The series concludes with two reasons why this is a
really great gig.
February
15-16: Crowd-Sourced Love: A lovely crowd-sourced post in which fellow
AmericanStudiers share some of their loves—add yours in comment, please!
February
17: YA Lit: Little House on the Prairie: A series inspired by my boys’
transition to chapter books begins with what we can and can’t learn from the
classic children’s series.
February
18: YA Lit: Encyclopedia Brown: The series continues with the youthful fun
and adult mysteries at the heart of one of our most enduring series.
February
19: YA Lit: The Giver: On why “banning” books is always quite as
objectionable as it sounds, as the series rolls on.
February
20: YA Lit: Captain Underpants: The undeniable appeal, but also a definite
drawback, of extreme silliness, as exemplified by the popular recent series.
February
21: YA Lit: Doctor Proctor: The series concludes with the books that
illustrate what’s lost in translation and what definitely isn’t.
February
22-23: Crowd-Sourced YA Lit: Another crowd-sourced post, with fellow
readers sharing their favorites, memories, and thoughts on the genre.
February
24: Short Shorts: Kate Chopin: A series inspired by our shortest month
starts with the short short story that packs a whole lot into an hour.
February
25: Short Shorts: Ernest Hemingway: The series continues with the short
short story that captures the varieties and vicissitudes of human life.
February
26: Short Shorts: Eudora Welty: The short short story that’s both deeply
grounded and yet profoundly universal, as the series rolls on.
February
27: Short Shorts: Jamaica Kincaid: The short short story that captures the
wit, precision, and thematic breadth and power of a truly unique author.
February
28: Short Shorts: Grace Paley: The series concludes with an exemplary
effort by one of the all-time masters of the short short story.
Next series starts
Monday,
Ben
PS. Topics or
themes you’d like to see covered on the blog? Ideas for Guest Posts you’d like
to contribute? Lemme know!
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