Month: July 2016

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+ abolitionist, african american literature, american literature, attica locke, louisiana literature, neh summer institute, slavery, southern literature, Uncategorized

My Trip to Whitney Plantation

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A couple of weeks ago, I finally had the opportunity to go to the Whitney Plantation in Wallace, LA. I have written about the Whitney before and some of its history; today, I want to focus on my experiences at the Whitney and how those experiences differed from what I encountered at other plantations and historical museums. Before I delve into this discussion, I … Read More My Trip to Whitney Plantation

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+ composition, Elevator pitch, Literature, Pedagogy, Uncategorized

The Elevator Pitch in the Composition and Literature Classroom 

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During the spring semester, I taught three freshman composition courses, and even though each course was a little different, I had all three do a proposal essay as one of their paper assignments. I have done this type of assignment before, and typically it’s been hit or miss with how well students do with writing their proposals. For the most part, I tell them … Read More The Elevator Pitch in the Composition and Literature Classroom 

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+ african american literature, american literature, ernest j gaines, louisiana literature, of love and dust, southern literature

What Does the Cover Say? (Part 2)

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Last post, I wrote briefly about three of the covers from Ernest J. Gaines’s Of Love and Dust (1967). Today, I want to continue the discussion by looking at the 1994 Vintage Books edition and two 1991 covers from French translations. Examined in relation to the covers discussed in the previous post, these images provide readers with three more introductions to OLAD before they … Read More What Does the Cover Say? (Part 2)

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