[The Spring 2021 semester seems to have been the most challenging for my students of any in my 20+ years of college teaching, and I know for sure it was the most challenging for me. I’m not gonna pretend I have clear reflections or lessons I can take away from it, but what I do have are striking individual moments that reminded me of why we do what we do in the classroom. So this week I’ll highlight a handful of those, and I’d love to share your favorite Spring 2021 moments—or other semester reflections—in a crowd-sourced weekend post!]
As I draft this
post in early April, I’ve had the chance to give one virtual book
talk for Of Thee I Sing, for the
great local bookstore Toadstool
Books in late March. In the next couple weeks, I’ll give a couple more: for
the
Boston Athenaeum on May 18th from 12-1pm; and for the
Massachusetts Historical Society on May 26th from 5:30-6:30pm. I’m
still interested in any and all additional opportunities to share the book and
the contested history of American patriotism: in virtual talks for bookstores
or libraries or historic sites; in conversations with students/classes or
reading/book groups; in online pieces for any and all spaces and sites; and in
any other format you can think of! Such talks and conversations are the best
part of writing, to me, and will always offer favorite moments.
Crowd-sourced
post this weekend,
Ben
PS. So one more
time: what do you think? Spring 2021 moments or reflections you’d share?
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