[April showers
bring May flowers, and May flowers bring, besides
Pilgrims, the end of another semester. So this week I’ve shared a few
reflections from my Spring
2019 semester, leading up to this special weekend post on what’s ahead for
the summer and beyond. I’d love to hear your Spring reflections or Summer/Fall
plans in comments!]
I’ve got a lot
on my radar for the summer: a new version of my Analyzing
21st Century America: An Interdisciplinary Perspective hybrid grad
class; a new adult learning class (for Assumption
College’s WISE program) on “A Skeptic's Guide to American History”; and
more, including lots of good times with the boys of course. But to be honest,
when it comes to my professional career and identity, my summer plans are
centered on a very particular occasion: the release (on my
birthday, August 15!) of my forthcoming fifth book, We
the People: The 500-Year Battle over Who is an American (part of Rowman
& Littlefield’s American Ways
series).
Every book
project has been and remains meaningful to me, of course, but this one
nonetheless represents a distinct step forward into my public scholarly goals.
And as such, I am significantly more committed than ever before to getting the
word out about it in any and every way. I’m on sabbatical in the Fall, so I
will be particularly available to talk about the book and these American
histories and stories in any and every setting, community, space, conversation
(and to be clear, I’ll be very available and happy to do so throughout the
summer as well; my goal isn’t selling books, but sharing these histories and
stories). So not for the first time, and definitely not the last time, I ask
for all suggestions and ideas, recommendations and connections, inquiries and
questions related to this book and to my writing and talking about it. Please
feel free to shoot me an email,
to comment here, to connect with
me on Twitter, to give my office phone a call (978-665-4805), to do
whatever you have to do to be part of this summer and fall of book plans!
Thanks in advance!
Next series
starts Monday,
Ben
PS. What do you
think? Spring reflections or Summer/Fall plans you’d share?
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