[A Recap of the
month that was in AmericanStudying.]
July
3: Representing the Revolution: The Patriot: A July 4th series
kicks off with the monstrous issue at the heart of Mel Gibson’s blockbuster
film.
July
4: Representing the Revolution: The Adams Letters: The series continues
with myths and realities of the Revolution contained in John and Abigail Adams’
correspondence.
July
5: Representing the Revolution: 1776 and Burr: Two complementary but
contrasting efforts to humanize the founders, as the series rolls on.
July
6: Representing the Revolution: YA Novels: Three groundbreaking historical
novels that reflect the evolution of young adult literature.
July
7: Representing the Revolution: TV Shows: And three television programs
that likewise reflect that medium’s evolution.
July
8-9: Representing the Revolution: Hamilton: The series concludes with one
critique and one celebration of the smash musical.
July
10: Thoreau’s Bicentennial: Civil Disobedience: For Thoreau’s 200th,
a series kicks off with three lesser-known facts about his protest essay.
July
11: Thoreau’s Bicentennial: Cape Cod: The series continues with two reasons
to read Thoreau’s often overlooked travel book.
July
12: Thoreau’s Bicentennial: Walden: Two new frames for Thoreau’s most
famous project, as the birthday series rolls on.
July
13: Thoreau’s Bicentennial: A Walk to Wachusett: A simple and a more
complex pleasure of Thoreau’s first published essay.
July
14: Thoreau’s Bicentennial: Friendships: What three of Thoreau’s social
relationships can tell us about the man and the era.
July
15-16: Thoreau’s Bicentennial: Commemorating Henry: The series concludes
with three distinct but interconnected ways to commemorate the birthday boy.
July
17: Historical Fictions: An Overview: A historical fiction series kicks off
with period fiction, historical fiction, and where Gore Vidal’s America
Chronicles fit in.
July
18: Historical Fictions: Kindred: The series continues with my first book highlight,
Octavia Butler’s sci fi historical novel.
July
19: Historical Fictions: Cloudsplitter: Russell Banks’ epic story of John
Brown, as the historical fiction highlights roll on.
July
20: Historical Fictions: James Michener: The continued pleasures of one of
the genre’s most popular authors.
July
21: Historical Fictions: Five More Novels: For my final post in the series,
briefly highlighting five more wonderful historical novels.
July
22-23: Crowd-sourced Historical Fiction: The series concludes with one of
my fullest crowd-sourced posts ever—add your historical novel nominees to this
wonderful list!
July
24: Talks and Events: Facing History and Ourselves: A series on recent
talks starts with two benefits of my connection to a great educational
organization.
July
25: Talks and Events: The Gardner Museum: The series continues with two
reasons to visit and celebrate an exemplary local museum.
July
26: Talks and Events: The Stowe Prize: Two takeaways from Bryan Stevenson’s
remarks in Hartford, as the series rolls on.
July
27: Talks and Events: The Harlem Renaissance for BOLLI: Two discoveries I
made in preparing for a talk for Brandeis University’s adult learning program.
July
28: Talks and Events: Meeting the Scholars Strategy Network: The series
concludes with three ways you can join the SSN Boston Chapter!
Next series
starts Monday,
Ben
PS. Topics you’d
like to see covered in this space? Guest Posts you’d like to write? Lemme know!
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