[A Recap of the month that was in AmericanStudying.]
March
5-6: Megan Kate Nelson’s New Book on Yellowstone: A National Parks series
concludes with a special tribute to the great Megan Kate Nelson’s new book!
March
7: The Pacific Theater: Guadalcanal: For the 80th anniversary of
“I Shall Return,” a Pacific Theater series kicks off with three texts to help
us analyze the Guadalcanal campaign.
March
8: The Pacific Theater: Midway and The Thin Red Line: The series continues
with clear and telling differences between two star-studded WWII epic films.
March
9: The Pacific Theater: Model-making and Tarawa: A childhood building war
models and what they can help us understand, as the series rolls on.
March
10: The Pacific Theater: U.S.S. Midway Museum: Trying to make sense of two
distinct and even contradictory public roles of a unique historic site.
March
11: The Pacific Theater: “I Shall Return”: On its 80th
anniversary, how one moment can exemplify the best and worst of a controversial
military leader.
March
12-13: The U.S. and the Philippines: A special weekend post on what we
should better remember about three stages of a defining international relationship.
March
14: AmericanThaws: Eliot and Williams: A start of Spring series kicks off
with two Modernist poems that exemplary contrasting yet complementary
narratives of Spring and hope.
March
15: AmericanThaws: The U.S. and the U.K.: The series continues with how a
longstanding animosity began to thaw, and why the specifics matter.
March
16: AmericanThaws: William Mahone: On which late-in-life evolutions impress
me more than others, as the series springs on.
March
17: AmericanThaws: Chivalry in War: A unique and amazing moment of wartime
humanity.
March
18: AmericanThaws: Nixon Goes to China: The series concludes with two ways
to AmericanStudy an undeniable international turning point.
March
21: Rock and Roll Groundbreakers: The Moondog Coronation Ball: On the 70th
anniversary of the first rock concert, a groundbreaking series kicks off with three
layers to that foundational moment.
March
22: Rock and Roll Groundbreakers: Alan Freed: The series continues with two
contrasting sides to the foundational DJ and how to bridge the gap.
March
23: Rock and Roll Groundbreakers: Fats Domino: A few iconic moments in the
career of the legendary artist, as the series rocks on.
March
24: Rock and Roll Groundbreakers: Chuck Berry and Little Richard: A pair of
foundational icons whose stories represent some of the worst and best of rock
and race.
March
25: Rock and Roll Groundbreakers: Elvis Presley (and Frank Sinatra): The
series concludes with the differences between influential and interesting.
March
26-27: 21st Century Rock and Roll: A special weekend tribute to
a handful of the many contemporary rockers extending the genre’s legacies.
March
28: Stand-Up Studying: Anthony Jeselnik: An April Fool’s series on great
stand-up bits kicks off with the darkly sweet humor of my favorite current
comic.
March
29: Stand-Up Studying: Roy Wood Jr.: The series continues with an example
of how Wood engages social and political issues without preaching (and
hilariously).
March
30: Stand-Up Studying: Jim Jefferies: The bit on gun control that’s so
smart my son used it in an argumentative essay, as the series jokes on.
March
31: Stand-Up Studying: Katherine Ryan: When an American expatriate in
England turns her attention to a #MeToo response to Hamilton, the result is cross-cultural comic gold.
April
1: Stand-Up Studying: Five More Faves: The series concludes with five more
great bits from a handful of awesome current comics!
Next series
starts Monday,
Ben
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