[A Recap of the month that was in AmericanStudying.]
April
3: NeMLA Reflections: My Panel on Niagara Falls: A series reflecting on great
papers from this year’s Northeast MLA conference kicks off with the panel I
chaired on Niagara Falls in US pop culture.
April
4: NeMLA Reflections: Toshiaki Komura on the Poetry of Internment: The
series continues with a great paper on three generations of Japanese internment
poetry.
April
5: NeMLA Reflections: Jennie Snow on Eric Nguyen and Homelands: My new FSU
colleague Jennie Snow’s great paper on Nguyen’s novel and “homeland security,”
as the series reflects on.
April
6: NeMLA Reflections: Robin Field on Postpartum Depression: My friend and
Guest Poster Robin Field’s great paper on Helen Dunmore and the literature of
pregnancy.
April
7: NeMLA Reflections: Elise Takehana on Making Meaning of Maps: The series
concludes with my colleague Elise Takehana’s great paper on experimental
writing.
April
8-9: The Limits and Potential of Scholarly Organizations: A special weekend
post on NeMLA, the AHA, & what scholarly organizations can’t and can do.
April
10: Remembering Reconstruction: The Freedmen’s Bureau: A series inspired by
the 150th anniversary of the Colfax Massacre kicks off with why the
Bureau failed, and two inspiring legacies nonetheless.
April
11: Remembering Reconstruction: African American Legislators: The series
continues with three of the more than 1500 African Americans who held office
during Reconstruction.
April
12: Remembering Reconstruction: Andrew Johnson: Three telling stages in the
life and career of one of our worst presidents, as the series remembers on.
April
13: Remembering Reconstruction: Massacres: As we seek to better remember the
Colfax Massacre, that and a couple others of Reconstruction’s far too frequent moments
of mass violence.
April
14: Remembering Reconstruction: Du Bois’ Vital Revisionism: The series concludes
with a book that revised Reconstruction historiography, redefined an entire
profession, and then went even further.
April
15-16: Remembering Reconstruction: Kidada Williams’ I Saw Death Coming: And
speaking of great books, a special weekend post on a vital new book about the
period.
April
17: Soap Opera Studying: 1930s Origins: For Aaron Spelling’s centennial, a
SoapOperaStudying series kicks off with five women who helped launch 1930s
radio soaps.
April
18: Soap Opera Studying: The First TV Soaps: The series continues with
AmericanStudies takeaways from the first three televised soap operas.
April
19: Soap Opera Studying: Telenovelas: Two ways a classic short story helps
us understand a soap opera sub-genre, as the series bubbles on.
April
20: Soap Opera Studying: Parodies: What a few pitch-perfect TV and film
soap opera parodies can add to the week’s conversation.
April
21: Soap Opera Studying: Aaron Spelling: The series concludes with a tribute
to how the birthday boy helped primetime soaps walk a very fine line.
April
22-23: Crowd-sourced Soap Opera Studying: One of my latest crowd-sourced
posts, featuring the responses and thoughts of fellow SoapOperaStudiers—add yours
in comments!
April
24: Recent Scholarly Books: Amy Paeth on Poets Laureate: Inspired by the
Williams weekend post, a series on other great recent scholarly books kicks off
with a NeMLA Book Award winner.
April
25: Recent Scholarly Books: David Waldstreicher on Phillis Wheatley: The
series continues with a great new bio on an iconic poet about which there’s
plenty more to learn.
April
26: Recent Scholarly Books: Natasha Warikoo on Education: The two (2!) 2022
publications from my SSN Boston Chapter co-leader, as the series reads on.
April
27: Recent Scholarly Books: Three More from Me: My highlights conclude with
three of the many great books I’ve been sent to review.
April
28: Crowd-sourced Recent Scholarship: And the series concludes with another
crowd-sourced post, featuring more scholarly book highlights from me and
others!
Next
series starts Monday,
Ben
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